| Trigger | Unknown | Remote Trigger | Unknown |
| Avalanche Type | Unknown | Aspect | Unknown |
| Elevation | unknown | Slope Angle | unknown |
| Crown Depth | unknown | Width | unknown |
| Vertical Run | unknown |
Avalanche: Turnagain
Location: Sunburst
APU Snow Science 1 toured up Sunburst to learn about the right timing to ski corn.
Avalanche Details
Several recent wet loose and wet slab avalanches in the region, but we did not witness any in motion during our day. We were back in the car by 3pm.
Also several glide releases as well as drooping brown frowns ready to release at an opportune time.
Weather
Clear sunny spring day.
Very light wind above treeline.
No new precipitation.
Snow surface
At the start of the tour(11:30am) good supportable crust.
Surface snow started softening up on WSW aspect early afternoon.
2-4 cm corn on SW aspect on our ski down at 2pm.
Ski quality high.
By 1:30pm surfaces started to soften up quite nicely as exemplified here: 2 cm paw penetration by 30lbs canine.
Tricky skinning along the Sunburst lower ridge line. While during our tour avalanche hazard was low, sliding hazard was imminent. Time to think about self arrest skills, Whippet and potentially ski crampons!