Observer Name
Greg Gagne/Mark Johnston
Observation Date
Saturday, March 8, 2014
Avalanche Date
Saturday, March 8, 2014
Region
Salt Lake » Big Cottonwood Canyon » Broads Fork
Location Name or Route
Broads Fork
Elevation
9,500'
Aspect
Northwest
Slope Angle
Unknown
Trigger
Natural
Avalanche Type
Glide
Avalanche Problem
Gliding Snow
Weak Layer
Ground Interface
Depth
4'
Width
45'
Vertical
700'
Comments
Natural Glide avalanche that occurred about 1000 on Saturday March 8, 2014. Starting zone was a steep rocky area with other glide cracks visible to the crown of the slide. Rocky slabs visible in the starting zone, so glide is likely. Very difficult to gauge size of the crown as well as width as we were unwilling to go anywhere close to this. Occurred on NW aspect at 9500'
The slide is between the backcountry runs of Bonkers and the Diving Board in Broads Fork.
We were ascending Bonkers a second time and heard a rumble. At the top of the Bonkers we noticed the slide.
SS-N-D2.5-R3-G
[Edit 3/11/2014 - Originally reported as SS-N-D2.5-R3-O . This was a glide avalanche where the bed surface where the avalanche originated was a rock slab.]
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