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Avalanche: Diving Board

Observer Name
Kobernik and UDOT BCC
Observation Date
Thursday, March 11, 2010
Avalanche Date
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Region
Salt Lake » Big Cottonwood Canyon » Broads Fork » Diving Board
Location Name or Route
Elevation
9,400'
Aspect
Northeast
Trigger
Natural
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Weak Layer
Surface Hoar
Depth
2'
Width
250'
Vertical
600'
Comments

This slide came out natural during recent snow event. Surface hoar was identified here prior. It produced stubborn shears with full propagtion in many tests.

Comments

Here are a couple of the official UAC Observer Babes that went up with me to investigate the slide and perhaps make a run or two in powder snow. As you can see, the debris was quite wide and most definately able to kill a person.

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