Avalanche: Turnagain

Location: Tincan trees

Date:

March 20, 2016 5:14pm

Observer:

Ron Tenny

Route & General Observations

Skied from tree line today on Tincan, small rollers on tree runs were sliding and traveling long distances on very low angle terrain, I was surprised to see how far these small slides went.

Avalanche Details

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Trigger	Skier	Avalanche Type	Soft Slab
Aspect	Unknown	Elevation	unknown
Slope Angle	unknown	Crown Depth	8in
Width	unknown	Vertical Run	unknown

Avalanche Details

There were soft slabs 6-10" thick. Triggered with ski cuts. These ran a long distance and traveled on very low angle slopes.

Red Flags

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Obvious signs of instability

Recent Avalanches?	Yes
Collapsing (Whumphing)?	No
Cracking (Shooting cracks)?	No

Observer Comments

No whooping or cracking.

Weather & Snow Characteristics

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Weather

snowing

Snow surface

heavy deep wet snow

Location

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