Avalanche: Turnagain

Location: Road Observations along Turnagain Pass

Date:

April 15, 2016 5:00pm

Observer:

Wagner / J-Bloom Professional

Avalanche Details

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Trigger	Natural	Remote Trigger	0
Avalanche Type	Unknown	Aspect	Unknown
Elevation	unknown	Slope Angle	unknown
Crown Depth	unknown	Width	unknown
Vertical Run	unknown

Avalanche Details

New glide avalanches:
- Paths on North side of the road across from the Granite Turnout
- Penguin Ridge
- South side of Eddies

*Note: no new glide releases were noted on Seattle Ridge

New wet avalanches:
- Small wet loose and roller balls on Pete's South

Red Flags

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Obvious signs of instability

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

Photos & Video

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Looking at Seattle Ridge from the DOT weather station pull out

New glide across from the Granite Ck Campground (Southerly facing of pk 4940)

Seattle Ridge looking from the Center Ridge parking lot

Sunburst looking from the Center Ridge parking lot

Close up of Repeat Offender - looking cracks...

Location

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