Avalanche: Turnagain

Location: Turnagain Pass Evening Road Obs

Date:

March 28, 2019 6:00pm

Observer:

H. Thamm Professional

Route & General Observations

Drove through Turnagain and Summit Lake to look for any new avalanche activity. Several new glide cracks have released on SE to SW aspects. Also noted some recent wet loose and small wet slabs on Seattle Ridge.

Avalanche Details

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

Red Flags

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Obvious signs of instability

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

Observer Comments

New glide avalanches on Seattle Ridge, Eddies, and Wolverine
New wet loose avalanches Seattle and two small wet slabs

Weather & Snow Characteristics

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Weather

Clear skies and sunny
40F
Calm winds
No precip

Photos & Video

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new glide avalanche and as well as a new crack were seen near motorized lot. Several of the older glide avalanches in this photo released yesterday.

Close up of the glide avalanche above. Note the slab that released with it.

New glide avalanches next to an older glide avalanche from yesterday

New wet loose debris next to older wet loose debris. This wet loose also pulled out a wet slab with it.

Eddies Ridge with new glide avalanche on SW face next to a several large cracks

Location

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