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Avalanche: Cardiac Bowl

Observer Name
Greg Gagne with Dave Pease
Observation Date
Thursday, March 23, 2017
Avalanche Date
Thursday, March 23, 2017
Region
Salt Lake » Big Cottonwood Canyon » Cardiff Fork » Cardiac Bowl
Location Name or Route
Cardiac Bowl
Aspect
North
Slope Angle
Unknown
Trigger
Natural
Avalanche Type
Dry Loose
Avalanche Problem
New Snow
Weak Layer
New Snow/Old Snow Interface
Depth
8"
Width
60'
Vertical
800'
Comments

Entering Cardiac Bowl about mid day and we counted at least 7 natural avalanches that had occurred sometime overnight or during the early morning hours. These originated from steep rocky terrain above the slope, and took out most of the Thursday storm snow. These were ~20 cms (8") and ran at the interface with the dense graupel layer that fell on Wednesday. These were class 1.5, although at least one was a class 2 (it could have buried a person.)

Video describing what we observed in Cardiac.

Video