| Recent Avalanches? | No |
| Collapsing (Whumphing)? | No |
| Cracking (Shooting cracks)? | Yes |
Observation: Turnagain
Location: Tincan from top of Common to bottom of trees.
Went to Tin, expecting to do some low viz tree laps. After one, got clearing skies and did a few laps from top of Common to bottom of trees.
Obvious signs of instability
Observer Comments
We did not encounter any avalanches or whumphing during our ski. However, we saw several new avalanches across the highway on Seattle Ridge.
Our main observation for our route was all the cracking. We didn’t ski anything too steep, but on most steep rolls and the steep pitch of Common, the cracking led to frequent new snow depth (6-12”) loose slides on the last snow bed surface. There wasn't any cohesion in the slides at all, just deep dry and loose and stopped flowing as soon as the pitch decreased.
Weather
Maybe 15 at the car to start at 10:30.
Cloudy and lightly snowing for first couple hours.
Very light winds entire day, with no visible snow transport.
Clearing skies after about Noon.
New, light snow, entire ski.
Snow surface
New snow entire ski from boot top, plus. Noticeable density change below fresh snow, but ski great skiing when turns went deeper.
Snowpack
No formal testing.