| Trigger | Natural | Remote Trigger | Unknown |
| Avalanche Type | Wet Loose Snow | Aspect | South |
| Elevation | unknown | Slope Angle | unknown |
| Crown Depth | unknown | Width | unknown |
| Vertical Run | unknown |
Avalanche: Turnagain
Location: Seattle Ridge
Quick ride up to the Seattle Headwall, eastern end that looks back at the road. Lots of folks out enjoying the warm springlike day, both in the parking lot and along the ridge.
Avalanche Details
A handful of small wet loose avalanches on southerly aspects due to warming by the sun midday. Many rollerballs as well sun-triggered.
On the drive out we saw what looked like two wet loose slides on the SE face (roadside) that triggered small slabs around a foot deep. No photos of these. They were between the parking lot and the up-track on the steep face and one ran to the bottom of the slope while the other stopped mid-slope.
Obvious signs of instability
| Recent Avalanches? | Yes |
| Collapsing (Whumphing)? | No |
| Cracking (Shooting cracks)? | No |
Observer Comments
Warming snow surface on southerly aspects to do warm ambient temps and direct sunshine.
Weather
Sunshine! Temperatures seemed to be in the mid 30'F, calm winds.
Snow surface
Surface crusts up to 2,000 - 2,500'. Softening midday.
Above 2,500', soft settled powder on north aspects. Damp soft settled powder on solar facing slopes midday (will likely be a surface crust now the sun has set).
Snowpack
No snow pit tests today.
We glassed around with the binos from the ridge and could see much of the skier side and the back side of Seattle. It looked as though folks are starting to push into the steeper terrain - slowly. We could not see any new avalanches triggered. Good signs for sure that the worrisome layer of buried surface hoar (2-3' deep) is starting to adjust. Meaning it's becoming less reactive and less likely for us to trigger. That said, these layers take time to heal and there's a good chance it's still possible to trigger a slab 2-3' deep like the ones last weekend.
Roller balls in Zero Bowl.
Gorgeous day at the Pass!
Lots of folks taking advantage of the nice sunny Saturday in all kinds of ways.