Observation: Turnagain

Location: Road Obs

Date:

March 27, 2015 2:30pm

Observer:

H.. Thamm/Fitzgerald Professional

Route & General Observations

Good visibility gave us a view of Turnagain Pass mountains on our way back from Summit Lake.

Red Flags

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Obvious signs of instability

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

Observer Comments

Several D1 (small) point releases on Magnum, Lipps, and Cornbiscuit's W. Faces
We also could see similar activity on Pete's North and South (SW aspects)

Weather & Snow Characteristics

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Weather

Partly Sunny
Temps - high 30's F
Winds - light (5-10 mph)
No new precip in Turnagain was observed, but it was raining at the bottom of Turnagain Pass to the Portage turnoff

Snow surface

Very little snow along the hwy, only small patches amongst the grass.

Photos & Video

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Point release avalanches on Lipp's West Face likely happened yesterday mid storm. Debris pile is out of sight, but this was the larges point release observed in Turnagain

View of Debris pile from Lipps West Face.

Point release avalanches on Cornbiscuit's West Face. These likely occurred mid storm yesterday or this morning after the sun came out.

Magnum's West face has several point releases that were observed yesterday and some new rollerball activity.

Location

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