Avalanche: Turnagain

Location: Tincan chute prior to tods run

Date:

April 7, 2019 1:00pm

Observer:

Adam Baxter

Route & General Observations

North facing couloirs of Tincan

Avalanche Details

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Trigger	Skier	Remote Trigger	0
Avalanche Type	Soft Slab	Aspect	North Northwest
Elevation	unknown	Slope Angle	unknown
Crown Depth	8in	Width	50ft
Vertical Run	60ft

Avalanche Details

Obvious wind slabs on North facing chutes on tincan. More Westerly aspects of these chutes seemed to have more wind loaded snow from April 6 snow coming in with easterly winds.

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Obvious signs of instability

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

Observer Comments

The wind slabs were obviously touchy. We ruled out tods run but thought this chute was a little more protected.

Weather & Snow Characteristics

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Weather

Partly cloudy and warming into the 40s by afternoon. Lower elevations were frozen at out 9 am start and had softened by our exit at 115 without significant direct sunlight

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The small wind slab with skier for perspective

Location

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