Dolomites of Fiemme North

Fresh wind slabs require caution.

Fresh wind slabs require caution.

As a consequence of a sometimes storm force wind from northerly directions, mostly small wind slabs formed in particular above the tree line. The fresh wind slabs can be released by a single winter sport participant in all aspects above the tree line. Caution is to be exercised adjacent to ridgelines, as well as in gullies and bowls, and behind abrupt changes in the terrain. Wind slabs are to be avoided especially in terrain where there is a danger of falling.

In the early morning the wind will be strong in some cases. The small wind slabs will be deposited on weak layers in particular on very steep shady slopes. Hardly any weak layers exist in the old snowpack.

Fresh wind slabs are to be evaluated with care and prudence in particular in very steep terrain.