| Recent Avalanches? | Yes |
| Collapsing (Whumphing)? | No |
| Cracking (Shooting cracks)? | No |
Observation: Turnagain
Location: Sunburst
Common up track at sunburst. Slide noted on Pastoral peak.
Obvious signs of instability
Observer Comments
A slide was observed by a snowboarder not in our party on Pastoral peak. The snowboarder return to alert our party of the slide and we could see what appeared to be two people on the lookers left knob below and to the side of slide path.
Weather
Partly sunny skies. Winds WSW in the low teens with gust occasionally higher. Active transport of snow occurring. Temps in the mid-20's.
Snow surface
Dust on crust to 2200ft and the varying degrees of wind effected snow in the valley with heavily wind effected snow along ridge line.
Snowpack
No formal stability tests.
Surface Obs
Pit 175cm deep
Pastoral slide as seen from Sunburst ridge
Another image of the pastoral slide as seen from sunburst ridge
_Sunburst Ridge