Avalanche

Tuckerman's Ravine

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Quick report

We did not observe much signs of instability, but we did see a couple of small pinwheels and very little falling snow. We saw most of these signs on solar aspects while the sun was out this morning. Other than that the snow had good stability overall.

Avalanche

While skiing Sluice in Tuckerman's Ravine, I triggered a size 1 avalanche that ran all the way to the bottom or the run. The slide was skier triggered accidentally, no one was caught in the avalanche, and no injuries resulted from the incident. This was a wet slab, even if it wasn't big enough to burry someone, it easily could have taken someone down a cliff, ice falls or any other dangerous feature in that part of the bowl. Pardon my spelling mistakes, English is a second language.