Avalanche: Diving Board

Observer Name
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Observation Date
Sunday, April 8, 2018
Avalanche Date
Saturday, April 7, 2018
Region
Salt Lake » Big Cottonwood Canyon » Broads Fork » Diving Board
Location Name or Route
Diving Board, Broads Fork
Elevation
10,800'
Aspect
Northeast
Slope Angle
Unknown
Trigger
Natural
Avalanche Type
Glide
Avalanche Problem
Gliding Snow
Weak Layer
Ground Interface
Depth
Unknown
Width
Unknown
Vertical
1,250'
Comments

Figured Broads Fork probably came unglued during yesterdays, rain event, seemed like all the glide cracks that didn't pull out on our last rain event pulled out on this one. The Diving Board already had a massive glide avalanche after our last rain event and the rest of it got taken out yesterday with another glide avalanche coming off the rock slabs above the apron. Looks to have run three quarters track and left a rock solid pile of debris at the bottom, peeling bark off of good sized trees in the process.