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Avalanche: Holy Toledo

Observer Name
WasatchTyeDyeTwins & UDOT
Observation Date
Saturday, April 12, 2014
Avalanche Date
Friday, April 11, 2014
Region
Salt Lake » Big Cottonwood Canyon » Cardiff Fork » Holy Toledo
Location Name or Route
Holy Toledo
Elevation
10,200'
Aspect
Northwest
Trigger
Natural
Avalanche Type
Wet Slab
Avalanche Problem
Wet Snow
Depth
2'
Width
900'
Vertical
900'
Comments

Traveled from Alta Gaurd, to Cardiff Pass, and out Cardiff Fork. I witnessed a small natural sluff coming down Toledo Bowl on my accent to Cardiff Pass. I decided to drop off the pass and head down Cardiff Fork. Along the way I ran into a large amount of wet slab avalanche debris at the base of Holy Toledo. The debris pile appeared to be quite deep and ran over the old skin tack in the area.

FORECASTER COMMENTS: Release timing is estimated but most likely it released late Friday. Width was adjusted from 250' to 900' after measuring with GISkit iPhone software. Kobernik

Comments

More info from Clark and Jackson of UDOT LCC:

Got a better look at the Holey Toldeo slide from a few days ago. Very impressive avalanche that broke large 12" + trees and produced a very deep debris pile. Slide seemed to have been initiated from a wet loose slide from the west facing cliffs. The crown varied in depth from 3 - 7ft deep, averaging 4 feet. It was difficult to confirm a weak layer but its possible that it failed on the mid November rime crust/facet layers.

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