Avalanche: Turnagain

Location: Tincan Trees

Date:

April 24, 2016 5:00pm

Observer:

Joe Kurtak

Route & General Observations

Skied standard Tincan uptrack to snow profile sta at 2290 ft

Avalanche Details

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Trigger	Skier	Remote Trigger	0
Avalanche Type	Wet Loose Snow	Aspect	Northwest
Elevation	1600ft	Slope Angle	33deg
Crown Depth	6in	Width	10ft
Vertical Run	100ft

Avalanche Details

Two skiers triggered two wet loose snow avalanches while skiing down Convex (White Smoke) Hill on NW aspect of Tincan trees. Subjects skied diagonally out of moving debris. No one caught.

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Observer Comments

roller balls on adjacent slopes. Inactive? glide cracks in vicinity. See attached pic.

Weather & Snow Characteristics

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Weather

Mostly cloudy with no wind.

Snow surface

unsupportable saturated snow surface from parking lot to 2290 ft.

Snowpack

Isothermal snowpack consisting of water saturated snow made for difficult descent on skis.

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Convex Hill looking NE.

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