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Avalanche: Blue Ice

Observer Name
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Observation Date
Wednesday, April 8, 2020
Avalanche Date
Wednesday, April 8, 2020
Region
Salt Lake » Big Cottonwood Canyon » Broads Fork » Blue Ice
Location Name or Route
Blue Ice
Elevation
11,000'
Aspect
East
Slope Angle
Unknown
Trigger
Natural
Avalanche Type
Glide
Avalanche Problem
Gliding Snow
Depth
Unknown
Width
Unknown
Vertical
1,500'
Comments
Not sure if this is a glide avalanche which I suspect or a wet slab, but I was up in Broads a few days ago and the glide cracks looked primed to go. Looked to be a couple hundred feet wide and ran to the valley floor.