| Recent Avalanches? | Yes |
| Collapsing (Whumphing)? | No |
| Cracking (Shooting cracks)? | No |
Observation: Turnagain
Location: Sunburst to 3500'
Skinned up West ridge of Sunburst. There was a supportable crust from top to bottom with an inch of new snow on surface.
Obvious signs of instability
Observer Comments
Recent glide avalanches on Seattle Ridge - new since yesterday
Glide avalanches on Eddies North and South aspects, Tincan SW aspect, Sharksfin, Wolverine - there are so many its hard to know exactly when they released in the last few days.
Weather
Mostly sunny in the afternoon becoming partly cloudy by 4pm
Temps at road were mid 40F's, ridgetop high 20F's
Calm winds
An inch of new snow was observed
Snow surface
Crust has formed from top to bottom
1000' - 3" supportable to skis, boot pen~10-12"
2000' - 2" supportable crust, both skis/boot
3000' - 1" supportable to skis, boot pen~6-12"
*Crust on Solar aspects was starting to get soft by 4pm
Snowpack
Below 2500' moist loose m/f found under the crust
Between 2500' to 3500' moist rounded snow was found under crust
View of Seattle Ridge East face glides from Sunburst
View of Tincan SW face from Sunburst
View of Magnum's west face with a supportable crust that has formed all the way to ridgetops. Debris on lookers right is from Tuesday (3/22)
Crust was breakable with ski boots and easier to hike than skin on steeper slopes. Very firm conditions right now.
old roller ball re-frozen under a large cornice on Sunburst
View of Seattle up track from Sunburst with glide crack adjacent
New glide avalanches on N side of Eddies
Glide crack on N side of Cornbiscuit continues to grow each day
Cornices are large right now
seattle glides