Avalanche: Turnagain

Location: Pyramid Peak - Turnagain Arm

Date:

March 19, 2019 9:18pm

Observer:

H. Thamm Professional

Route & General Observations

Pyramid Peak had some impressive avalanche activity on the West face, North face and E face from this last week of storms

Avalanche Details

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Trigger	Natural	Avalanche Type	Unknown
Aspect	Unknown	Elevation	unknown
Slope Angle	unknown	Crown Depth	unknown
Width	unknown	Vertical Run	unknown

Red Flags

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Obvious signs of instability

Recent Avalanches?	Yes
Collapsing (Whumphing)?	No
Cracking (Shooting cracks)?	No

Weather & Snow Characteristics

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Weather

Mostly sunny

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West face of Pyramid

North face of Pyramid

East face of Pyramid

Location

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