Trigger | Natural | Remote Trigger | 0 |
Avalanche Type | Unknown | Aspect | Unknown |
Elevation | unknown | Slope Angle | unknown |
Crown Depth | unknown | Width | unknown |
Vertical Run | unknown |
Drove through Turnagain Pass at 12pm and again at 1pm to take advantage of some decent visibility early afternoon and look for any natural activity. Could see much of the popular terrain and most of the Natural avalanche activity was on Southern side of Turnagain.
Trigger | Natural | Remote Trigger | 0 |
Avalanche Type | Unknown | Aspect | Unknown |
Elevation | unknown | Slope Angle | unknown |
Crown Depth | unknown | Width | unknown |
Vertical Run | unknown |
All avalanches were recent from the last 24 hrs
Recent Avalanches? | Yes |
Collapsing (Whumphing)? | No |
Cracking (Shooting cracks)? | No |
Observed debris in several gully's on SE facing terrain of Seattle Ridge near Bertha Creek, on the East face of Twin Peaks and SW facing gully of Peak 4940.
Active wind loading on ridge tops
Wet loose roller balls on SE face of Seattle
Obscured becoming broken in the afternoon.
Temps along road were mid 30Fs
Winds along ridge were 30-40mph
Snowing lightly on N side of pass at 1:30pm. Rain line at ~700'
Seattle Ridge - near Bertha
Seattle Ridge near J-Pass trail head
Roller balls on SE face of Seattle
Wind drifting snow off of Sunburst
Debris seen to bottom of 62 mile path on 4940
New debris at the bottom of a prominent gully East facing terrain of Twin Peaks
Looker left of the previous photo - this also appear to have been run over by a recent avalanche