Avalanche: Cardiac Bowl 4/4/2010

Observer Name:

Mark White

Observation Date:

04/04/2010

Occurrence Date:

04/04/2010

Occurrence Time:

Unknown

Region:

Salt Lake
Big Cottonwood Canyon
Cardiff Fork
Cardiac Bowl

Location

40° 35' 33.1656" N, 111° 39' 58.3128" W

Avalanche Characteristics

Elevation:

10800'

Aspect:

North

Trigger:

Skier

Trigger: additional info:

Intentionally Triggered

Avalanche Type:

Soft Slab

Weak Layer:

New Snow

Depth (avg):

10"

Width:

45'

Vertical:

Unknown

General Comments

Partly cloudy. mild, winds increasing from the SW by 2:00

Avalanche activity consisted of shallow soft slabs about 8 too 10 inches deep on steep terrain of all aspects. Lots of the sloughing and soft slabs ran during the storm. Triggered a couple decent size soft slabs in both N facing shoots into cardiac bowl. Very manageable ran 100 or so feet until slope angle decreased. Snow got a little damp on NE by 1:30, but not very much wet activity observed on anything but the south end of the compass

New snow was light density cold smoke.

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