Avalanche: Cardiac Bowl

Observer Name
concannon, may & bunce
Observation Date
Friday, December 23, 2011
Avalanche Date
Friday, December 23, 2011
Region
Salt Lake » Big Cottonwood Canyon » Cardiff Fork » Cardiac Bowl
Location Name or Route
cardiac bowl
Elevation
10,500'
Aspect
Northeast
Trigger
Skier
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Weak Layer
Surface Hoar
Depth
10"
Width
25'
Vertical
350'
Comments

we skinned up cardiac bowl and through a thinner, new snow area in between two pockets of deeper, wind drifted snow. we got a collapse and some cracking near the top of the bowl. a pocket of wind drifted snow was triggered from below by a ski cut (crown at the cliff bands). 25 feet wide x 25 feet length pocket entrained snow and ran about 350 feet. failed at new snow/old snow interface. as shown in the photos, the slide ran and took out part of our skin track. no one caught or carried.

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