Observer Name
M. Maier and E. Fullmer
Observation Date
Thursday, April 9, 2026
Avalanche Date
Wednesday, April 8, 2026
Region
Salt Lake » Little Cottonwood Canyon » Cardiff Pass
Location Name or Route
Cardiff Pass
Elevation
9,900'
Aspect
Northwest
Trigger
Natural
Avalanche Type
Wet Slab
Avalanche Problem
Wet Snow
Weak Layer
Wet grains
Depth
Unknown
Width
40'
Comments
While skinning from the bottom of Holy Toledo to Cardiff Pass we encountered this wet slab avalanche. Location is approximately 400 feet NNE of Cardiff Pass. It was probably 1 to 2 days old (triggered on 4/8 or 4/7). Notably it cut the well established skin track to the north side of Cardiff Pass. There was a new skin track, much newer and less used, that skirted the toe of the avalanche debris and then reconnected with the more used skin track. It looked like the avalanche had triggered as a wet loose avalanched high on the rocks of Toledo peak then stepped down in the lower slope. There were crowns visible at the top of the main break near the rocks.
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