None observed.
Observation: Turnagain
Location: Taylor Pass
Steve, Brett and I skied a run on Sunburst and found soft snow on the upper half and wind-effected snow on the lower half. We toured up to Taylor Pass, digging a pit along the way, and then skiing soft but firm snow back into Taylor Creek. On Magnum’s roadside aspect we found soft snow and old soft blocks of avalanche debris. At the parking lot we realized we forgot beverages for heat and dehydration management.
Observer Comments
Weather
Springtime at Turnagain! Sunny, calm and warm.
Snow surface
Soft snow and windslab. Roadside it was dust on crust. Most of the windslab seemed to be several days old, or older. It didn't whoomph and I couldn't get it to avalanche in any ski cuts.
Snowpack
In a pit below Taylor Pass we found moderate strength, resistant planar energy and no propagation on two near-surface layers down 7cm and 35cm in the storm layers. Solid below that.
Brett Harvey's photo of Joe doing a shovel tilt test near Taylor Pass. The two weak layers are visible.