| Trigger | Skier | Remote Trigger | No |
| Avalanche Type | Soft Slab | Aspect | East |
| Elevation | 2500ft | Slope Angle | 35deg |
| Crown Depth | 8in | Width | 30ft |
| Vertical Run | 50ft |
Avalanche: Turnagain
Location: Seattle Ridge
We toured to about 2800′ and skied a few laps in the sun near the uptrack.
Avalanche Details
We were able to trigger multiple small soft slabs on steep rollovers. They were failing on the 11/10 layer of buried surface hoar. The slabs were still very soft (fist hardness), but that new snow has gained just enough cohesion to start propagating fractures.
Obvious signs of instability
| Recent Avalanches? | Yes |
| Collapsing (Whumphing)? | No |
| Cracking (Shooting cracks)? | No |
Observer Comments
Multiple small skier-triggered soft slabs (from our group and from others). Nothing big enough to bury a person, but this was notably different from when we were out skiing the same terrain on Friday without any slab activity.
Weather
Sunny and cool, no wind all day. Valley fog went up to about 1700'
Snow surface
About a foot of soft snow at the surface on top of the firmer surface from the end of the Halloween storm.
Snowpack
The soft snow on top of the 11/10 surface hoar has gained just barely enough strength to start behaving more like a slab. Not propagating very wide (~20-30'), But it was starting to make small avalanches. There is also a fresh layer of surface hoar on top, starting at about 1500' elevation.
Skier-triggered soft slab. Nobody was caught or carried. 11.14.2021
Surface hoar at 2600'. 11.14.2021
Beautiful up there today. It looks more like February than November in the upper elevations right now. 11.14.2021