Avalanche: Bonkers

Observer Name
mark white
Observation Date
Sunday, April 8, 2018
Avalanche Date
Saturday, April 7, 2018
Region
Salt Lake » Big Cottonwood Canyon » Broads Fork » Bonkers
Location Name or Route
Bonkers, Broads Fork
Elevation
10,900'
Aspect
Northeast
Slope Angle
Unknown
Trigger
Natural
Avalanche Type
Glide
Avalanche Problem
Gliding Snow
Weak Layer
Ground Interface
Depth
Unknown
Width
Unknown
Vertical
1,000'
Comments

This glide avalanche came off the rock slabs at the top skiers right side of Bonkers then ran down to the lower rock slabs and pulled the whole seasons snow pack out. The debris pile at the bottom was massive and rock hard and stood about 8 to10ft over my head. On its way down it carried rocks and trees that it uprooted from the bottom of the path. It also created a massive half-pipe in the middle of the debris pile where chunks of solid ice grooved out the path like a glacier.