| 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
Tour to the Sunburst weather station via Taylor Pass.
Avalanche Details
Many glide avalanches, over 100 easily. All aspects and elevations below ~3,000 widespread from Girdwood through Turnagain Pass.
Weather
Mostly sunny with high cloud moving in headed on the next storm late in the day.
Light southerly winds.
Temps near 30F along ridgetline.
Snow surface
Moist settled powder above 2,500'.
Wet snow or crusty snow below 2,500' (somewhat punchy).
Snowpack
Above 3,000' around 2.5-3' of settled snow.
2,000' - 3,000' around 1-2' of wet/crusty snow.
Below 2,000' zero to 1' of wet/crusty snow.
Snowpack was saturated on the bottom due to a warm ground. This is contributing to the several glide avalanches seen.
Mid-pack there is an older layer of 2-3mm facets from late September.
Pit results:
ECTP 30+, CT 19 failure in the facets (1-2" thick layer 45 cm deep).
Note almost the whole SW face of Sunburst is littered with glide avalanches and glide cracks.
Glides on the northern side of Magnum.
Sunburst's westerly aspect.
Pastoral Peak.
Glides everyone below 3,000' in the upper Lyon drainage.
Snowpit at 3,700', SW aspect, just under the weather station.
A little needed weather station maintenance.
Looking down at Turnagain Pass and how the snow cover dwindles at the lower elevations.