Wind Slabs
- Hochgebirge
- Waldgrenze
- Unterhalb der Waldgrenze
- Wahrscheinlichkeit
- Possible
- Größe
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Five to seven inches of new snow with up to 0.8 inches of snow water equivalent has combined with strong southwesterly to westerly ridgetop winds to create pockets of wind slab in the upper elevations. These slabs, with depths of six to twelve inches, formed on sun crusts and areas of surface hoar. In isolated areas, deeper pockets may have developed. Skiers and riders could trigger these slabs in steep, wind-loaded avalanche terrain. At the mid elevations, isolated pockets of shallow slab might be found.