Avalanche: Broads Fork 2/19/2010

Observation Date: 
02/19/2010
Occurrence Date: 
02/19/2010
Occurrence Time: 
12:00pm
Region: 
Salt Lake
Big Cottonwood Canyon
Broads Fork
Location Name: 
Broads Fork- Diving Board area and ice cliffs
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Location

40° 36' 6.5952" N, 111° 43' 10.0416" W
Avalanche Characteristics
Elevation: 
9500'
and below
Aspect: 
Northeast
East
and steeper
Slope Angle: 
35
Trigger: 
Natural
Avalanche Type: 
Soft Slab
Weak Layer: 
Surface Hoar
Depth (avg): 
3'
Width: 
200'
Vertical: 
400'
Snow Profile
Snow Profile Comments: 

Saw three natural slides that seemed recent in east facing broads below 9500 ft. One lookers left of the diving board, to the lookers right of the prominent ice cliffs in east broads. Saw another lookers right of the diving board. They all seemed to be natural or unintentionally propagated. There was a skinner from what seemed to be yesterday, which the upper slide by the ice cliffs crosssed. The slide in this location was the deepest slide, which seemed to be 3 feet deep in one section with an average of maybe 2 feet deep. I could only see the slides during small periods of clear skies and from a distance. Bottom line....interestingly unpredictable and dangerous.

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