Avalanche:

Location: Turnagain pass flats

Date:

January 10, 2016 2:00pm

Observer:

Travis R

Route & General Observations

Stuck to the flats today since vis was really bad and avy danger. Snowing and raining all day. Wet enough there were big puddles in the Turnagain parking lot. What little we did see on the mountain looked bad with glide cracks and small slides. SW leeward slops and gully were sliding in steep terrain.

Avalanche Details

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Trigger	Natural	Remote Trigger	0
Avalanche Type	0	Aspect	South Southwest
Elevation	1800ft	Slope Angle	40deg
Crown Depth	unknown	Width	unknown
Vertical Run	unknown

Avalanche Details

100 feet wide

Red Flags

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Obvious signs of instability

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

Observer Comments

Glide cracks

Weather & Snow Characteristics

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Snow surface

Wet!!!!

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