Broads Fork11/10/2022
Travel today was up Broads Fork from the S turns in BCC. Started walking in 2 inches of light density on dirt and rock. Once we got over the bridge there was a little old crusted snow underneath. After that there was a couple feet at 7500ft with a rain crust that was present up to almost 8500ft. Once we got up in the upper drainage it was obvious that the NE facing went through a large avalanche cycle. In Bonkers the whole upper bowl pulled out and stepped down under the upper cliff band NE facing to the ground. The slide ran at least 1500ft vertical and left a large debris pile in the apron, close to full track but not quite. There was also a couple Glide avalanches that took place in the rockslabs above the Diving Board, cleaning the polished slabs of snow and ice, leaving large chunks of Ice scattered on the main slope below. The Blue Ice avalanched to the valley bottom as well, leaving large debris piles at the bottom. Finally, the E Twin shoulder avalanched and filled in the Diving Board below it. All these slides seemed to happen during the storm or right after although the glide avalanches probably happened Tuesday. The depth of the snow at 9000ft is almost 4 feet.The skiing was really good but the price of admission is really high involving a lot of walking without skis on and walking down from the bridge. Awesome storm for our base, things are filling in nicely and we will have a solid base if we can keep adding to it.
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