Avalanche: Turnagain

Location: Tincan south facing slopes

Date:
Observer:
Erin Larson
Route & General Observations

Toured up from the Center Ridge to Tincan. Right around tree line saw evidence of a slide triggered by what seemed like a solo skier, based on tracks. South facing slopes had about 12 inches of wind affected snow sitting on supportable sun (?) crust.

Avalanche Details
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Trigger SkierRemote Trigger Unknown
Avalanche Type Soft SlabAspect South
Elevation 2200ftSlope Angleunknown
Crown DepthunknownWidthunknown
Vertical Rununknown  
Avalanche Details

Saw evidence of a skier-triggered slide on a steep rollover on a south face right around tree line. Seemed like an isolated pocket of touchy snow - didn’t observe other signs of instability when skiing or breaking trail. We did not observe the avalanche occur.

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Another view, photo by Rob Clark.  

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