Avalanche: Cardiff Fork

Observer Name
Kobernik
Observation Date
Saturday, March 6, 2010
Avalanche Date
Saturday, March 6, 2010
Region
Salt Lake » Big Cottonwood Canyon » Cardiff Fork
Location Name or Route
Elevation
10,000'
Aspect
Northeast
Trigger
Skier
Trigger: additional info
Intentionally Triggered
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Weak Layer
Density Change
Depth
10"
Width
40'
Vertical
60'
Comments

My party triggered 5 small pockets throughout the morning. These were small crossloaded terrain features from the southeast wind event. It was easy to spot these and place ski cuts to get them to release. One was triggered while breaking a skin track in an obvious pillow. These were pretty much harmless if you were aware of their presence.

We also viewed two naturals occur which ran a few hundred feet vertical during the wind loading. These ran far enough and picked up enough snow to knock a person over.

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