Observer Name
Mark
Observation Date
Sunday, February 19, 2017
Avalanche Date
Sunday, February 19, 2017
Region
Salt Lake » Little Cottonwood Canyon » Cardiff Bowl
Location Name or Route
Adjacent to Cardiff Pass skin track
Elevation
9,600'
Aspect
Northeast
Slope Angle
34°
Trigger
Skier
Trigger: additional info
Intentionally Triggered
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Avalanche Problem
Wind Drifted Snow
Weak Layer
New Snow
Depth
4"
Width
80'
Vertical
150'
Comments
Party of 3 out for a tour, low visibility day, ended up turning around and heading down upon reaching Cardiff Pass. Snowing/ graupeling pretty good the whole time we were out there with moderate winds. On the way down put a ski cut in on a steep rollover, ski cut easily popped out a 4" wind slab (SS.ASc.R1.D1) which propagated out within the rest of the small bowl and ran around 150'.
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