Observation: Turnagain

Location: Tincan (Below Common Bowl)

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Observer:
Route & General Observations

Standard approach route, unbreakable crust up to 1600ft, breakable crust above 1600ft to ridge.

Red Flags
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Obvious signs of instability
Recent Avalanches?Yes
Collapsing (Whumphing)?No
Cracking (Shooting cracks)?No
Observer Comments

Recent evidence of wet point slides on all solar aspects. Looked to be from Tuesday 3/29.

Weather & Snow Characteristics
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Weather

Sunny and clear, calm winds, temps 28-36F

Snow surface

Unbreakable crust up to 1600ft, breakable crust beyond to Ridge; ~2-4cm thick on all solar aspects. Evidence of newly formed surface hoar ~1-2mm. Dry powder with varying depths on polar (shaded) aspects.

Snowpack

Dug Pit at ~2800ft on W-NW aspect below Tincan Common Bowl. Slope angle was ~25 degrees.
CTX. Performed shovel sheer on column after no results; Forceful effort caused planar sheer of storm slab on very thin SH/NSF layer above crust about 160cm deep. Deep Tap provided no results. PST 100/100 end - no result.
Crust layer at ~160cm seemed inconsistent and discontinuous.

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