| Trigger | Natural | Remote Trigger | Unknown |
| Avalanche Type | Glide | Aspect | Southeast |
| Elevation | 2200ft | Slope Angle | unknown |
| Crown Depth | unknown | Width | unknown |
| Vertical Run | unknown |
Avalanche: Turnagain
Location: Seattle Ridge
Afternoon ride up to Seattle Ridge to see how much the solar aspects have been heating up.
Avalanche Details
We saw three new glide avalanches that occurred in the past 24 hours. All were on the road-side of Seattle Ridge. One of these slid while we were on the backside of Seattle Ridge.
Observer Comments
The only red flag seen was the glide avalanche activity on the front, road-side of the ridge.
Weather
Sunny! Light southerly breeze on ridge.
Temps near 30F on ridge and 40F in parking lot.
Snow surface
Solar aspects were soft fun pseudo corn, about 3" deep of soft melted snow.
Shaded aspects were a variety of soft dry snow with some old wind effect.
Snowpack
We did not dig any pits this afternoon, instead we focused on the amount of warming on sunny slopes. We were surprised to see only the top 3" or so has melted despite such a warm day. We saw no evidence of wet loose avalanches and could not trigger any ourselves.
Glide avalanche on the SE face of Seattle Ridge. Between the parking lot and uptrack.
Another glide avalanche just to the north of the one pictured above. The debris from this one was able to pull out a small slab.
A LOT of folks have a good time at Turnagain Pass. Photo is of the Widowmaker path in Main Bowl. Avalanche debris is from last week's storm and is old.