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Avalanche: Turnagain

Location: Lynx Creek

Date:
Observer:
William Morrison
Route & General Observations

Lynx creek, snowmachine triggered slide. One guy was riding down and another riding up. Both barely made it out

Avalanche Details
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Trigger SnowmachinerAvalanche Type Soft Slab
Aspect North NortheastElevationunknown
Slope AngleunknownCrown Depthunknown
WidthunknownVertical Rununknown
Near Miss / Accident Details
Avalanche Details

Triggered slab one rider was riding down one was riding up. The rider going down said he saw chunks of snow flying past him and then was buried in a cloud of dust.

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Lynx creek slide  

Lynx creek #2  

2AFF1F67-B1B5-48AB-B110-70AD9E618729  

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