Observer Name
Mark White
Observation Date
Sunday, April 4, 2010
Avalanche Date
Sunday, April 4, 2010
Region
Salt Lake » Big Cottonwood Canyon » Cardiff Fork » Cardiac Bowl
Elevation
10,800'
Aspect
North
Trigger
Skier
Trigger: additional info
Intentionally Triggered
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Weak Layer
New Snow
Depth
10"
Width
45'
Vertical
Unknown
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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