Observation: Turnagain

Location: Road Observation

Date:

January 30, 2019 7:42pm

Observer:

H. Thamm Professional

Route & General Observations

Drove through Summit looking for recent avalanche activity from the last storm that ended yesterday. All the recent avalanches were seen yesterday and reported in the Tincan observation.

Red Flags

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Obvious signs of instability

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

Observer Comments

Small sun triggered wet loose surface snow on SE aspects of Seattle
Small cornice chunks on SW face of Sunburst
Numerous debris piles likely from mid storm 1/28

Weather & Snow Characteristics

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Weather

Partly cloudy
light winds
30F
No precip

Photos & Video

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All of the debris on Seattle was seen yesterday, but likely occurred mid storm on 1/28

Close up of some older storm triggered debris just South of the uptrack

Several piles of older debris from last storm cycle as seen from the Center Ridge lot

Sun triggered roller balls and wet loose surface snow seen on SE aspect of Seattle Ridge

Location

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