Avalanche: Cardiff Fork

This avalanche was originally reported on Sunday, Jan 14, by Cody Hughes: My partner and I were back in Cardiff doing laps on powerline ridge when on our 2nd lap down in the morning around 11:00 noticed the debris pile coming out of the trees while we were transitioning in the flats below. Saw tracks skinning out of debris. We went back up to investigate the crown and what we discovered was quite alarming. Skier tracks going into the crown and disappearing. The avalanche broke on facets near the ground and ran through very tight trees into the basin below. How someone could survive or come out unscathed from this avalanche mind boggles me. The ride looked very intense. SS-ASu-R3-D3-O

Party involved reported: the second skier on the slope triggered the slide, was caught and carried, and sustained a laceration from hitting a tree. The first skier on the flats below was buried to their neck, and unable to deploy their air bag. Some gear lost and damaged.