Avalanche: Turnagain

Location: turnagain main bowl

Date:

March 19, 2019 2:00pm

Observer:

Travis Smith

Route & General Observations

spring conditions, failing snow, idiots going up repeat offender. standard day at turnagin

Avalanche Details

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Trigger	Natural	Remote Trigger	0
Avalanche Type	Unknown	Aspect	South Southwest
Elevation	unknown	Slope Angle	unknown
Crown Depth	unknown	Width	unknown
Vertical Run	unknown

Avalanche Details

Was taking a photo of a slide of the non-motorized side when behind me the slide in main bowl turnagain broke. lots of recents slides, debris piles from mid storm slides (widow maker).

Red Flags

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Obvious signs of instability

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

Observer Comments

many slides small / medium / one large on non-motorized side

Weather & Snow Characteristics

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Weather

40 degrees or higher (haven't looked at wx data)

Snow surface

spring snow. punchy, snow softened up a tiny bit on the highest ridges.

Photos & Video

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turnagain travis smith march 19 2019-4925 (1)

turnagain travis smith march 19 2019-4931 (1)

turnagain travis smith march 19 2019-4934

turnagain travis smith march 19 2019-4937

turnagain travis smith march 19 2019-4941

turnagain travis smith march 19 2019-4994

turnagain travis smith march 19 2019-5117

Location

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