| Trigger | Skier | Remote Trigger | No |
| Avalanche Type | Soft Slab | Aspect | South |
| Elevation | 1600ft | Slope Angle | 35deg |
| Crown Depth | 12in | Width | 90ft |
| Vertical Run | 90ft |
Avalanche: Turnagain
Location: Tincan Trees
Skied up common up-track to treeline, skied two runs on southern and western aspects. Noted poor bonding of new snow to old snow surface but did not see any evidence of wind transport on surface to 2,400 ft and no propagation on ski cuts on west-facing aspects.
Avalanche Details
Skied southern aspect from Tincan common, observed poor bonding of new snow to old snow pits on the way up but did not note any propagation on ski cuts on west-facing aspects. Skied 35 degree + roller on southern aspect towards the end of the line and the new snow in the past 24 hrs failed on the underlying sun crust. Skier was able to ski off the avalanche and was not caught or carried. We made the mistake of attributing ski cuts on west-facing aspects to more southernly aspects that have been more sun affected and had a harder bed surface.
Rescue events
No rescue needed
Weather
Partly sunny, temperature in the 20s
Snow surface
12 inches of low to medium density snow
Snowpack
Observed slight density change in hand pits ~10-20 cm from surface within the storm slab, did not observe any failure across this density change.
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