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Observation type
Avalanche

Observer
Mike Hwang

Keep me anonymous if published
no

Location (general area)
Icehouse Canyon

Latitude

Longitude

Date (yyyymmdd)
20191128

Time
1:00PM

Road conditions to area
Snowing, need AWD and snow/AT tires or chains

Temperature
28 F

Sky
Overcast (sky covered)

Wind speed
Light (1-16mph Flags/twigs in motion)

Wind direction
SW

Wind direction in degrees

Slope aspect
North

Aspect in degrees

Slope angle
35

Elevation
6000 feet

Snow depth
36 inches

Boot/ Ski penetration
12 inch

Precipitation
heavy

Activity, recent avalanches
yes

Brief description

Whumphing noises, shooting cracks. collapsing
yes

Rapid warming
no

Obvious avalanche path
yes

Terrain trap
yes

Comment
We remote triggered a small slab avalanche on a North facing slope of about 30-35 degrees while approaching to dig a pit on a nearby test slope around 1:00pm today. We skinned to 50 feet away from the slope we wanted to test, heard two loud whumphs and then saw the entire slope slide, crown 100 feet across. As we skinned out, we saw two low angle North facing slopes that showed signs of a slide. Very unstable snowpack and now there is enough snow for a burial.

Keep in mind, everything was hard to visualize due to the fact that it was snowing heavily with about 3 feet of accumulation at 6000 feet in 4 hours. 

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