Avalanche: Turnagain

Location: Tincan Common Bowl

Date:

December 17, 2018 3:19pm

Observer:

Drew Petrie

Route & General Observations

Up route no obvious signs of instability. Small amounts of new snow. Many old skier tracks.

Avalanche Details

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Trigger	Skier	Remote Trigger	0
Avalanche Type	Soft Slab	Aspect	Unknown
Elevation	unknown	Slope Angle	40deg
Crown Depth	12in	Width	15ft
Vertical Run	20ft

Avalanche Details

Skiing down Common Bowl made hard left hand turn.
Triggered small avalanche.

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