Avalanche

Avalanche: High Pockets

Nina LorentzenSalt Lake
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Avalanche

Trigger Type
Natural
Start Zone Aspect
East
Start Zone Elevation
3048 m

Party witnessed a larger wet loose slide, likely caused by warming on rock face above Cardiff Fork around Deep Pockets/High Pockets.

We were a party of 4 taking some photos below High Pockets/Deep Pockets on skin track up Cardiff Fork. One member of the party heard the slide and warned the others to move out of the way. The whole party was able to move into a copse of old growth trees lookers right of the slide, as it continued past where the party had been standing and well past the skin track into the meadow.