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Avalanche: Cardiac Bowl

Observer Name
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Observation Date
Saturday, January 11, 2014
Avalanche Date
Friday, January 10, 2014
Region
Salt Lake » Big Cottonwood Canyon » Cardiff Fork » Cardiac Bowl
Location Name or Route
Cardiac Bowl
Elevation
10,900'
Aspect
Northeast
Slope Angle
35°
Trigger
Natural
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Avalanche Problem
Persistent Weak Layer
Weak Layer
Facets
Depth
Unknown
Width
70'
Vertical
800'
Comments

Also viewed this slide today in Cardiac Bowl, looks to have happened yesterday. Pretty much the same path that pulled out in a close call earlier this winter. You can just make out the tongue of the debris pile in the sun, the rest of the slide was obscured by the shade.