| Recent Avalanches? | Yes |
| Collapsing (Whumphing)? | No |
| Cracking (Shooting cracks)? | No |
Observation: Turnagain
Location: Road Obs - Turnagain Pass
Got a pocket of visibility, so drove Turnagain Pass down to Johnson Pass parking lot and turned around. Lots of standing water, and lots of flowing water too! A few recent natural avalanches were spotted.
Obvious signs of instability
Observer Comments
Got a pocket of visibility, so drove Turnagain Pass down to Johnson Pass parking lot. Lots of standing water, and lots of flowing water too! A few recent natural avalanches were spotted.
Weather
1400 hrs @ Turnagain Pass (1000 ft): Broken skies, 35 degrees F, calm gusting to 2 from SE, no precip.
Snow surface
The snow along the road is completely saturated slush.
Snowpack
Snowline looked like it made it down to about 1500 ft last night. South end of the pass has no snow coverage below 1000 feet.
D2 recent natural avalanche on Tincan
Tincan: A River Runs Through It
The Other Tincan Creek
Significant cross loading on Magnum
Tincan
Sunburst. No recent natural avalanches observed.
D1 recent natural avalanche in cross loaded starting zone on Seattle Ridge
Little or no coverage at lower elevations at the South end of the Pass
Boot tracks filling with water at the Tincan pullout