Avalanche

Avalanche: Cardiff Fork

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Slope Angle
40°

Avalanche

Slab Width
18 m
Weak Layer
New Snow
Vertical Fall
122 m
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Start Zone Aspect
North
Avalanche Problem
Wind Slab
Start Zone Elevation
3109 m

Saw this avalanche on the N facing head wall in Cardiac just west of the Keyhole, not sure if it was triggered by someone walking the ridge or from the constant wind loading from S facing Superior, the crown looked to be a couple feet deep 60 ft wide and ran about 400 ft. The wind was loading the N facing lee aspects all day