Avalanche: Turnagain

Location: Magnum/Cornbiscuit

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Route & General Observations

Started from Sunburst and went up to PMS bowl via NW ridge of Magnum. Then descended into Super Bowl to check on the snowpack in that area where a few large avalanches release on the basal facets in early November.

Avalanche Details
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Trigger NaturalRemote Trigger Unknown
Avalanche Type Soft SlabAspect Southwest
Elevation 3400ftSlope Angle 50deg
Crown DepthunknownWidth 50ft
Vertical Run 200ft  
Avalanche Details

Saw evidence of small wind slabs along the SW face of Magnum along ridgeline beyond PMS bowl.

Weather & Snow Characteristics
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Weather

Cold temperatures down low today with calm to light winds. Some high clouds but mostly sunny

Snow surface

Surface hoar up to about 2000'. Then we got on a wind affected ridge and did not see it at upper elevations. Mixture of soft snow and wind stiffened snow at upper elevations.

Snowpack

We dug in two locations, one on a SW aspect of Magnum at 3400' and one on a N aspect of Cornbiscuit at 3000'. We found the layer of facets on the ground in both locations but they were moist enough to make a snowball. On the N aspect the facets were larger and more developed but did not show propagation in our extended column test.

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