Avalanche: Cardiff Fork

Observer Name
Alex & Joe
Observation Date
Sunday, February 2, 2025
Avalanche Date
Sunday, February 2, 2025
Region
Salt Lake » Big Cottonwood Canyon » Cardiff Fork
Location Name or Route
Superior Ridgline/ Power Outage
Elevation
9,800'
Aspect
North
Trigger
Snowboarder
Trigger: additional info
Cornice Triggered
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Avalanche Problem
Wind Drifted Snow
Weak Layer
Facets
Depth
2'
Width
100'
Comments
While Transtioning to ride the south face /two trees on superior ridgline we encountered high winds and large cornices developed from last night/this morning overhanging the North side with lots of windloading. We were careful, but unintentionally trigged a small cornice break that ended up propogating a decent avalanche on what I would call Power outage face. It moved quick and ran the whole slope. No parties were below or near the avalanche path. The slide was at 10200 feet and North facing. The slab propogation was consistently 2ft deep maybe a little more in some areas, failing on a faceted bed surface.
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