Avalanche: Turnagain

Location: Tincan

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Route & General Observations

Early season conditions on Tincan. Check out these photos from Joey Balog who was up there Oct 14. Big thanks to Joey for passing his info along!

Avalanche Details
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Trigger NaturalRemote Trigger Unknown
Avalanche Type GlideAspect Unknown
ElevationunknownSlope Angleunknown
Crown Depth3ftWidthunknown
Vertical Rununknown  
Avalanche Details

Several glide avalanches were seen along with countless glide cracks. Seen in the photos.

Weather & Snow Characteristics
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Snow surface

Snow line is around 1,500' and 2,000'. Snow was reported as "heavy pow" in the uptrack to the ridge (~3,000). Wet snow below this.

Snowpack

Around 3 feet estimated in Common bowl with a bunch of glide cracks.

Photos & Video
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