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Avalanche: Mineral Fork

Observer Name
Nate
Observation Date
Wednesday, January 4, 2023
Avalanche Date
Monday, January 2, 2023
Region
Salt Lake » Big Cottonwood Canyon » Mineral Fork
Location Name or Route
Mineral and Cardif
Aspect
East
Trigger
Natural
Avalanche Type
Hard Slab
Avalanche Problem
Persistent Weak Layer
Weak Layer
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Comments
On our tour of Cardif Fork we noticed a crown on High Pockets, mid slope. We believe this may have been on PWL but was hard to tell with low light. Not sure if it was a result of the same avalanche or a different avalanche, but the chute between high pockets and catcher mitt slid over the summer road/skin track. I estimate these occurred at the end of the storm on Monday night.
Once on the ridge above George's Bowl, we noted many avalanches in Mineral fork from just up canyon of Moonlight all the way to the Room of Doom. Again, hard to tell with low light but these slides appears to have remained within the storm snow. The NE facing ridge off East Fork also avalanced and slid to the bench within East Fork, this may have impacted the PWL. What is common about all this activity is they all occurred on the eastern side of compass. I would estimate these slide occurred Monday or Monday night at the end of the storm.
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