Avalanche: Turnagain

Toured from the Tincan parking lot to the Library. Skinned and skied one of the first lines in the Library. Continued down the valley towards Kickstep, noting two other groups on different lines in the Library. We were in communication via radio with one party the whole day, coordinating our movements.

We decided to avoid the two other parties and push further down the valley when the dense fog layer that had consumed the lower areas started moving in. We lost visibility of the ridge above so we decided to skin and ski a shorter line with a rocky face above it so we could see everything above us. As we were approaching the gut we started seeing roller balls come down from above. We noted that the snow was rapidly warming. A few moments later we saw a natural loose snow avalanche in a nearby gully that started from a rocky area of the ridge and moved a significant amount of new snow down the gut, presumably from the rapid warming. We decided to heed this red flag and retreat to a safer area and ski the Tincan trees. We announced the avalanche on the radio with one of the other parties in the valley and exited.