| Trigger | Skier | Remote Trigger | Yes |
| Avalanche Type | Soft Slab | Aspect | Northwest |
| Elevation | 3000ft | Slope Angle | 39deg |
| Crown Depth | 3in | Width | 25ft |
| Vertical Run | 100ft |
Avalanche: Turnagain
Location: Tincan
Laps in Tincan common bowl and a run down Dog bowl. Found relatively little wind effect on standard route up.
Avalanche Details
Went towards wind lip skiers left of dog bowl and remotely triggered a small soft slab. Subsequent jumps on the lip produced no additional releases.
Obvious signs of instability
| Recent Avalanches? | Yes |
| Collapsing (Whumphing)? | No |
| Cracking (Shooting cracks)? | Yes |
Observer Comments
Small shooting cracks on wind loaded slopes. Also old debris in Dog Bowl but couldn’t tell how old.
Weather
Temps in teens, steady winds 5-10mph, gusts to 15mph. Snowing lightly all day. Not enough wind to fill in tracks midday but winds increased after our last run.
Snow surface
About 8-10” new low density snow on top of tincan common bowl.
Snowpack
Informal stability tests including hand shears / quick pits produced showed good stability and bonding. Lots of slope traversing and jumping produced no collapses. Only thing we got to go was a small soft slab in dog bowl. However - kept angles moderate and didn’t go out on anything steeper than 30.
Soft slab near dog bowl.