| Trigger | Skier | Remote Trigger | 0 |
| Avalanche Type | Soft Slab | Aspect | Southwest |
| Elevation | 2300ft | Slope Angle | 38deg |
| Crown Depth | 12in | Width | 70ft |
| Vertical Run | 5ft |
Avalanche: Turnagain
Location: Tincan Trees
Standard Tincan uptrack
Avalanche Details
Multiple small soft slab avalanches in the new storm snow and wide spread fracture and cracking along specific terrain features (especially steep rollovers.) Most significant activity was noted where there was active wind transport at the @2300ft elevation level; largest was D 0.5-1 @ 100ft length crown with 12 in depth.
Obvious signs of instability
| Recent Avalanches? | Yes |
| Collapsing (Whumphing)? | Yes |
| Cracking (Shooting cracks)? | Yes |
Observer Comments
Avalanches, Shooting Cracks and Whumphing. A few small releases remotely triggered in the valley (see photo) especially where there was minimal wind effect prior to new storm snow. It was easy to find table size soft slabs in specific terrain that could be triggered by skier weight. Abundant shooting cracks and fracturing of soft lab but with minimal energy. However, it was also possible to find larger pockets (up to 100 ft in size reactive to skier trigger especially at tree line where wind was actively transporting snow into fresh wind slab with more energy and larger volume snow movement.
Weather
Light to moderate snow fall. Moderate winds with strong gusts at 2500 ft level. Temperatures steady during day; high twenties at 1000 ft level and low twenties at 3800 ft.
Snow surface
New snow powder surface with wind some wind effect above 2000ft.
Snowpack
New snow on crust or wind effected snow.
Small rover that was remotely triggered by party ahead of us at @1700ft
triggered small rollover by a party skinning tincan uptrack @2100ftt
Room size slab triggered by skiers on Tincan @2000ft