Avalanche: Turnagain

Location: Repeat offender, motorized uptrack.

Date:

March 29, 2019 6:21pm

Observer:

Sean Fallon

Route & General Observations

To the first bench on the uptrack

Avalanche Details

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Trigger	Snowmachiner	Remote Trigger	0
Avalanche Type	Wet Slab	Aspect	East
Elevation	1900ft	Slope Angle	39deg
Crown Depth	3ft	Width	30ft
Vertical Run	600ft

Avalanche Details

Avalanche was triggered by snowmachiner while descending through the trees on the Lookers right side of repeat offender above the uptrack. Rider was able to side hill off the slab and was not caught. The debris crossed the uptrack.

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Obvious signs of instability

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

Observer Comments

Also witnessed a full depth glide release in lynx Creek.

Weather & Snow Characteristics

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Weather

Sunny sky's, calm winds, 45-50f.

Snow surface

Corn melting about 3" of crust by 4:00pm.

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Glide release in lynx creek

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Location

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