| Recent Avalanches? | Yes |
| Collapsing (Whumphing)? | No |
| Cracking (Shooting cracks)? | No |
Observation: Turnagain
Location: Lipps south face
Toured up the std route to Lipps south aspect.
Obvious signs of instability
Observer Comments
No obvious signs of instability were seen except for partially covered old slides from the last storm cycle. There are two large glide cracks on the south aspect of the ridge below 3000'.
Weather
Clear, light winds and temps in the low 20's F.
Snow surface
900' - 1300' predominantly rain crust 2" - 3" thick
1300'- 1800' 1" - 4" light snow over rain crust
1800' - 2900'settled snow but variable areas of wind effect.
2900'+ wind slab 1"- 2" thick
Snowpack
did numerous hand pits along the climb from about 2300' to 3000' with no significant results. The lower elevations produced moderate shears with poor quality while the upper pits had hard shears. Snow pack appeared right side up and new storm snow appears to be bonding from what we saw.
Ridge lines and about 300' below them are scoured or covered in wind slab. There is a sizable pillow on the ridge but nothing compared to the cornice formation on Magnum.