Avalanche: Cardiff Fork 3/6/2010

Observer Name: 
Kobernik
Observation Date: 
03/06/2010
Occurrence Date: 
03/06/2010
Occurrence Time: 
Morning
Region: 
Cardiff Fork
Big Cottonwood Canyon
Salt Lake
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Avalanche Characteristics
Elevation: 
10000'
Aspect: 
Northeast
Trigger: 
Skier
Trigger: additional info: 
Intentionally Triggered
Avalanche Type: 
Soft Slab
Weak Layer: 
Density Change
Depth (avg): 
10"
Width: 
40'
Vertical: 
60'
General Comments

My party triggered 5 small pockets throughout the morning.  These were small crossloaded terrain features from the southeast wind event.  It was easy to spot these and place ski cuts to get them to release.  One was triggered while breaking a skin track in an obvious pillow.  These were pretty much harmless if you were aware of their presence. 

We also viewed two naturals occur which ran a few hundred feet vertical during the wind loading.  These ran far enough and picked up enough snow to knock a person over.


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