Avalanche: Broads Fork 4/3/2010

Observer Name:

Aaron Lowry

Observation Date:

04/03/2010

Occurrence Date:

04/03/2010

Occurrence Time:

Unknown

Region:

Salt Lake
Big Cottonwood Canyon
Broads Fork

Avalanche Characteristics

Elevation:

10600'

Aspect:

North

Trigger:

Natural

Avalanche Type:

Hard Slab

Depth (avg):

2.5'

Depth Range:

2' to

Width:

Unknown

Width Range:

200' to

Vertical:

Unknown

General Comments

Upper Broads Fork
partly cloudy, moderate E wind up on the ridges
unknown, only viewed from a distance, after the fact.

no cracking or collapsing from the same aspects, but we never got high enough to get to the same elevation as the observed slide.

East/northeast upper elevations had extensive, obvious wind pillows as viewed from a distance from the Mill B ridgeline.

Due to the obvious wind pillows observed on like aspect/elevation (N, NE at 9500 ft.+) in upper Broads, we did not venture into that territory.

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