| Recent Avalanches? | No |
| Collapsing (Whumphing)? | No |
| Cracking (Shooting cracks)? | Yes |
Observation: Turnagain
Location: Tincan to treeline
Couple laps in tincan trees. Standard route
Obvious signs of instability
Observer Comments
Snowing and blowing at treeline
Weather
Snowing. Windy above treeline
Snow surface
on our second lap @ app 13:00 we able to get shooting cracks on a test slope right at treeline. Blow snow had covered our tracks from the previous lap. Loading of nw aspect above treeline. Wind was light in the trees as we climbed and was in your face as soon as you neared treeline. We noticed several fresh slabs developing throughout the day. Hand shear and shovel shear test were easy and clean both at the new snow interface on top of the slab and at the slab/ old snow interface ( combo nsf and surface hoar location dependent) depth depended on location.
Snowpack
As seen in the poor photo below. New snow boundary and slab underneath. both Q1
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