| Recent Avalanches? | Yes |
| Collapsing (Whumphing)? | No |
| Cracking (Shooting cracks)? | No |
Observation: Turnagain
Location: Tincan treeline
Hike to Tincan treeline with APU Mountain Weather class to check on the status of research weather station. The station will need another maintenance run before it will be running again due to structural issues.
Obvious signs of instability
Observer Comments
There were some loose snow activity at the top of Tincan common and on the northerly chutes of Sunburst.
Weather
Overcast sky.
Intermittent light rain.
Light winds in the lower elevations, light winds from SE with gusts of moderate at treeline.
Temperatures above freezing ~mid30s.
Snowpack
No snow at lower elevation.
1700' to 2100' we were hiking on continuous snow cover of 2-10cm of wet grains.
Starting @ 2000' the surface had been frozen and the top 3-5 cm is harder than the rest of the pack.
Definitely more snow at the higher elevation, but we did not go beyond the weather station.
Shallow snowpack at 2100'.