| Recent Avalanches? | Yes |
| Collapsing (Whumphing)? | No |
| Cracking (Shooting cracks)? | No |
Observation: Turnagain
Location: Taylor Pass to Sunburst
Taylor Pass to Sunburst Weather Station.
Recent glide avalanches including two on Repeat Offender, Seattle Ridge near the uptrack. See photos below
Obvious signs of instability
Observer Comments
Recent glide avalanches: Repeat Offender SE aspect- 2 near uptrack, W aspect near headwaters of Lyons creek, NE aspect near Placer River, North of Silvertip creek (observed on 4/16)
Recent cornice fall that triggered a wet loose avalanche on a SW aspect at the back of Lyons Creek.
Several recent wet loose natural avalanches (D1-D1.5) on Southerly aspects
Weather
Mostly sunny
Temps: 50F's near sea level, 40F's at Turnagain Pass
Light NE winds
No new precip
Snow surface
Supportable melt/freeze crust from top to bottom (1000' - 3800')
Crust was becoming soft on solar aspects by 1:30pm, but was still fully supportable at 1000' by 3pm.
Recent (within the last two days) glide release on Repeat Offender near the Seattle Ridge uptrack. The photo on the left was taken on 4/14.
Recent cornice fall that triggered a wet loose avalanche on a SW aspect near back of Lyon's Creek drainage.
Recent glide release at the back of Lyon's Creek drainage with the above wet loose avalanche in the background.
Supportable melt freeze crust was observed from the parking lot to the 3800' on Sunburst today.
Old tracks on a North aspect near Taylor Pass
Recent glide avalanche on a NE aspect near Twin Peaks, just North of Silvertip Creek. Was first observed on 4/16
Recent glide avalanche on a Northeast facing ridge near the Placer River.
View of the Library with all of its old glide avalanche debris.
Repeat Offender - before (5:33pm) and after(5:43pm) glide avalanche