| Trigger | Snowboarder | Remote Trigger | 0 |
| Avalanche Type | Soft Slab | Aspect | Northwest |
| Elevation | 2200ft | Slope Angle | 35deg |
| Crown Depth | 18in | Width | 15ft |
| Vertical Run | 50ft |
Avalanche: Turnagain
Location: Tincan
Standard uptrack to treeline. Super talkative snowpack today. 1st lap in trees, put skin track in back to main ridge and observed lots of big whoomphs and we remotely triggered several small avalanches. Not all of them popped out and slid. Many slopes had that “stretch mark” appearance noted by Heather and Graham yesterday on Sunburst.
Avalanche Details
Remotely triggered from ~75' away. The entire slope cracked but only a small pocket released. Avalanche size and slope angle estimated.
Obvious signs of instability
| Recent Avalanches? | Yes |
| Collapsing (Whumphing)? | Yes |
| Cracking (Shooting cracks)? | Yes |
Observer Comments
Tons of whoomphing and remotely triggered avalanches today.
Weather
Calm winds, warm temps, good viz. Great day for a ski.
Snow surface
dreamy pow
Snowpack
Dug a pit at 1900', 32* slope (estimate - forgot to measure) NW aspect adjacent to a couple of (natural? remotely triggered?) avalanches.
HS = 65cm
CT18 - 50cm storm snow failed on ~5cm of facets above the melt/freeze layer
ECTP21 - same as above
Hand pits confirmed that the storm snow is consolidating and easily pulls off that facet/melt-freeze interface
General conditions near treeline
Remotely triggered avalanche. The tracks farthest looker's right triggered this slide.
Closer view of avalanche crown and bed surface
Cracking on same slope as shown above, adjacent to the part of the avalanche that released. Common sight on Tincan right now