Avalanche: Ivory Flakes

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 » Ivory Flakes
Location Name or Route
Rock slabs, Ivory Flakes
Elevation
10,300'
Aspect
East
Trigger
Natural
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Avalanche Problem
Persistent Weak Layer
Weak Layer
Facets
Depth
2'
Width
50'
Vertical
350'
Comments

This slide below the rock slabs in Ivory Flakes appears to have sympathetically released from a new snow slide coming off the rock slabs and stepping down into old snow.