Quick report
- Slope Angle
- 37°
Avalanche
- Weak Layer
- Ground Interface
- Trigger Type
- Natural
- Vertical Fall
- 457 m
- Avalanche Type
- Glide
- Start Zone Aspect
- Northeast
- Avalanche Problem
- Gliding Snow
- Start Zone Elevation
- 3170 m
From the Avalanche Forecast January 12, 2004
While folks were skiing and riding every line that was white yesterday, another very large glide avalanche released in upper Broad’s fork. Witnesses up near Dromedary peak reported that the slide ran down to the valley bottom and covered up a skin track with 3-4’ of debris. This accounts for the third glide avalanche in Broad’s Fork in the past five days. Wet activity also increased as well, with many south facing rocky chutes in Little Cottonwood running far and piling up debris in the flats below. As our warming trend began on the 9th, it’s not unusual to have a marked increase in wet activity by the third day. So again, keep a wary eye on wet activity as the day progresses on the steep, sunny slopes. Frankly, for January, it feels a little odd to have a generally LOW danger except for the wet activity and except for Broad’s, Stairs, and possibly upper-west Mill B where the potential for glide avalanches remains.
