Observer Name
Kelly P
Observation Date
Monday, February 6, 2017
Avalanche Date
Monday, February 6, 2017
Region
Salt Lake » Big Cottonwood Canyon » Broads Fork » Diving Board
Location Name or Route
Diving Board
Elevation
Unknown
Aspect
Northeast
Slope Angle
Unknown
Trigger
Natural
Avalanche Type
Glide
Avalanche Problem
Gliding Snow
Weak Layer
Ground Interface
Depth
5'
Width
100'
Vertical
1,000'
Comments
On Big West in the cover of the trees and I heard what sounded like thunder, it took a moment as the sound continued to realize it was a large slide. A tree was blocking my view of the diving board so I stood up and walked a few yards to see if I could see it. The wind was whipping in Broads above about 8500 ft and visibility was poor at times. light snow with some snow grains. A glide avalanche released about 1/3 of the way up the diving board slab. It ran to about 50 yards from the stream below and produced a substantial cloud that filled the drainage
Comments
I dug a snowpit at the top of Moe's in Mill B just below the loading zone. Unfortunately my phone died so no photo. Profile showed a well adheared snow pack with a layer of old near surface facets about 3 ft down. However they had bonded very well and no signs of ball bearing left behind. EC test showed no results.
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