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Avalanche: Cardiff Pass

Observer Name
Noel Stewart
Observation Date
Friday, March 8, 2019
Avalanche Date
Friday, March 8, 2019
Region
Salt Lake » Little Cottonwood Canyon » Cardiff Pass
Location Name or Route
Cardiff Pass
Elevation
10,300'
Aspect
Southeast
Trigger
Skier
Depth
21"
Carried
1
Comments
I think I was alone on the mountain, did not see any other skiers. When taking off my skins I could see it was unstable (also saw cracking when breaking the uptrack) I was attempting to traverse out when it broke both above and below me. It was the entire face. It seemed that anything over about 35 degrees was unstable and I did see some naturals on the way as I skied down. I was carried about 450 to 500 feet down the entire face, but only partially buried. I did not deploy my airpack.