Avalanche: Turnagain

Location: Road Observations - West Face Pyramid and Explorer Glacier areas

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W Wagner Professional
Avalanche Details
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Trigger NaturalRemote Trigger0
Avalanche Type0Aspect West
Elevation 3200ftSlope Angleunknown
Crown DepthunknownWidthunknown
Vertical Rununknown  
Avalanche Details

Cornice Fall on West Face of Pyramid. This looks to have triggered at least one shallow slab avalanche - crown can be seen on lookers right just under section of cornice still intact. Debris ran around 2,000' to the alders.

Slab avalanche on the West Facing ridgeline of the West Ridge of Explorer Glacier. Likely a heavily wind loaded slope from the storm snow over the weekend and strong Easterly winds in this area.

Photos of both these below. Both these slides likely ran on Sunday, 3/29 or early Monday, 3/30.

Weather & Snow Characteristics
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Weather

Intermittent rain showers at sea level with visibility in and out with lingering cloud cover.

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Close up of cornice fall on West Facing Pyramid  

Wider view. Debris ran out of view of the photo.  

Slab avalanche on West Facing ridgeline just West of Explorer Glacier (above Portage).  

Looking forward to covering this thing up next season!!  

Cornice_and_Slab  

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