Avalanche: Mineral Fork

Observer Name
Kobernik
Observation Date
Sunday, March 2, 2014
Avalanche Date
Saturday, March 1, 2014
Region
Salt Lake » Big Cottonwood Canyon » Mineral Fork
Location Name or Route
Marrietto
Elevation
9,800'
Aspect
North
Trigger
Natural
Avalanche Problem
Persistent Weak Layer
Weak Layer
Depth Hoar
Width
150'
Vertical
1,000'
Comments

We viewed this from the Cardiff/Mineral ridgeline so a bit of speculation here but we could make out bushes sticking out of the starting zone that were not there a couple of days ago. The small trees at the bottom also appeared to be covered up with debris. Our guess is that this slope avalanched to the ground on Saturday morning sometime.

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