Avalanche: Summit

Location: Templeton

Date:

March 24, 2020 5:32pm

Observer:

Paul Wunnicke

Route & General Observations

Recent wind triggered avalanches on Templeton. Note the pronounced step down in the couloir as well as in the smaller avalanche below to lookers left.

Avalanche Details

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Trigger	Natural	Remote Trigger	Unknown
Avalanche Type	Unknown	Aspect	West Southwest
Elevation	unknown	Slope Angle	unknown
Crown Depth	unknown	Width	unknown
Vertical Run	unknown

Red Flags

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Obvious signs of instability

Recent Avalanches?	Yes
Collapsing (Whumphing)?	No
Cracking (Shooting cracks)?	No

Observer Comments

previous day's (3/23) NW wind, wind texture

Weather & Snow Characteristics

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Weather

sunny, high cirrus becoming cloudier later in day

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Templeton zoom through binocular

Templeton SW couloir step down

Templeton zoom through monocular, better res?

Location

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