Avalanche: Summit

Location: Summit Road Obs

Date:

March 21, 2019 12:00pm

Observer:

H. Thamm Professional

Route & General Observations

Drove to Summit around 12pm to tour up Tenderfoot. Observed a number of new avalanches that were not here on Tuesday (3/19.)

Avalanche Details

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Trigger	Natural	Avalanche Type	Unknown
Aspect	Unknown	Elevation	unknown
Slope Angle	unknown	Crown Depth	unknown
Width	unknown	Vertical Run	unknown

Red Flags

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Obvious signs of instability

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

Observer Comments

Recent avalanches on:
Butch - West aspect
Tenderfoot - North aspect
Tri-Tip - W aspect
Templeton (aka Creator) - West aspect

Weather & Snow Characteristics

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Weather

Overcast w a brief broken glimpse of sun becoming obscured by 1pm
Winds started picking up to 15-20mph E
Light rain started around 1pm
Temps 40F

Snow surface

Wet

Photos & Video

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Butch W aspect

Tenderfoot N aspect

Tri-Tip W aspect

Tri-tip - close up. Numerous snowmachine tracks are now covered that had high marked in this gully earlier in the week

Templeton (aka Creator) with recent crown on W face. Several other crowns were observed on Templeton's Western terrain earlier in the week, but in different locations.

Location

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