| Trigger | Natural | Remote Trigger | 0 |
| Avalanche Type | Wet Slab | Aspect | Unknown |
| Elevation | unknown | Slope Angle | unknown |
| Crown Depth | unknown | Width | unknown |
| Vertical Run | unknown |
Avalanche: Turnagain
Location: Road Report (Tincan, Sunburst, Eddies and Seattle Ridge new avalanches)
Great afternoon in the rain for CNFAIC’s meet and greet at the ‘Turnagain Pass 20 Years Later’ event! While there we noted several new avalanches from today.
1- Most scenic – Tincan’s CFR bowl (lower SW face of the ridge, 2500′ elev.).
2- New glide avalanche on Eddies SW face (~2,500′).
3- We spoke with the Alaska Avalanche School Level 1 course who saw and heard 3 avalanches on the North aspect of Sunburst (elev. unknown).
4- This course also witnessed wet avalanche debris in motion on Seattle Ridge (just South of the moto lot, East aspect, elev. unknown).
Avalanche Details
All these avalanches likely released between 2,000 and 2,500'.
All aspects: W, SW, E, N
Debris is gouging to ground and as of a few days ago are starting to take the whole snowpack with them.
Obvious signs of instability
| Recent Avalanches? | Yes |
| Collapsing (Whumphing)? | No |
| Cracking (Shooting cracks)? | No |
Weather
Light rain with some brief glimmers of sun around 1pm. Temperatures at 1,000' in the parking lot were mid 40'sF. Light North winds.
Snow surface
Wet, mushy, unsupportable snow at 1,000' (isothermal snowpack). Total depth around 4-6 feet.
Snowpack
Glide cracks are opening and a few small glides have released (Eddies/Seattle Ridge/Cornbiscuit). Note the new glide cracks on the lower portion on the Tincan Trees.
Tincan's CFR ridge with wet slab releasing below sometime today (March 23rd). New glide cracks opening up on the lower Tincan Trees.
What could be new wet debris coming out of two North chutes on Tincan. Also seen in the older large wet slab on the North shoulder.
Eddies SW ridge. A few glide cracks and the top of one release is just visible.
More and more sections of wet snow keep sluffing down the sides of Seattle Ridge.
Turnagain Pass 20 years later meet and greet