Wind Slabs
- Hochgebirge
- Waldgrenze
- Unterhalb der Waldgrenze
- Wahrscheinlichkeit
- Possible
- Größe
- 1–2
Riders may trigger slabs in wind loaded areas.
Avoid wind loaded areas and only expose one person at a time to avalanche terrain.
Conditions can change rapidly in spring, read about the 4 likely scenarios here.
Riders may trigger slabs in wind loaded areas.
Use extra caution around cornices: they are large, fragile, and can trigger slabs on slopes below.
Over the weekend, there were several rider triggered wind slabs from smaller wind loaded features. Mostly small (size 1) with a few large ones (size 2). Small wind slabs continued on Monday.
Read more about conditions in the field team's report from Monday.
Around 10 cm of new snow redistributed by southerly wind lies over a crust that goes up to 1250 m in the shade and to mountain top on slopes that get the sun. Good riding can still be found in sheltered slopes away from the sun.
The mid-pack is generally well settled, with crusts buried around 50 cm, and another near 130 cm deep.
The lower snowpack is facetted, but hasn't been a problem.
Below 1100 m the snowpack is wet and losing strength.
Tuesday Night
Mostly cloudy. 30 to 50 km/h southwest ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature -6 °C.
Wednesday
Cloudy. 40 to 50 km/h south ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature -5 °C.
Thursday
Mostly cloudy. 40 to 60 km/h south ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature 0 °C. Freezing level 1200 m.
Friday
Mostly cloudy with 5 to 10 cm of snow. 30 to 40 km/h south ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature -3 °C. Freezing level 700 m.
More details can be found in the Mountain Weather Forecast.