| Trigger | Skier | Remote Trigger | Yes |
| Avalanche Type | Soft Slab | Aspect | North |
| Elevation | 2200ft | Slope Angle | unknown |
| Crown Depth | 10in | Width | 30ft |
| Vertical Run | 100ft |
Avalanche: Turnagain
Location: Tincan Trees
Tincan trees north side.
Avalanche Details
Skier remote triggered D1 wind slab that stepped down to the buried surface hoar. The skiers line, as planned, was not where avalanche released.
Obvious signs of instability
| Recent Avalanches? | Yes |
| Collapsing (Whumphing)? | No |
| Cracking (Shooting cracks)? | Yes |
Observer Comments
Skier remote trigged avalanche. A few shooting cracks near treeline on wind loaded aspects.
Weather
Clear sunny skies. Temps around 20.
Light to moderate SW winds at treeline at the base of the CFR ridge with minimal snow transport. We observed previous southerly wind affect. At around 4pm we observed NW winds transporting snow on Tincan common summit.
Snow surface
10-15cm ski pen through the trees.
5cm wind crust on northerly aspects from previous southerly winds.
10+cm wind slabs on isolated northerly aspects.
Snowpack
Hand pits revealed BSH 25cm down.
Black line is the skiers line that remote triggered the avalanche.
Recent wind slab that stepped down to buried surface hoar weak layer.
Looking up about half way along the debris.
Debris ran pretty far for a relatively small avalanche.