Wind Slabs
- Hochgebirge
- Waldgrenze
- Unterhalb der Waldgrenze
- Wahrscheinlichkeit
- Unlikely - Possible
- Größe
- 1–2
Small pockets of wind slabs are present in lee features and sit above a weak layer of facets or surface hoar.
Keep an eye out for small wind slabs that may be forming above treeline in the Icefields area on Friday.
Small pockets of wind slabs are present in lee features and sit above a weak layer of facets or surface hoar.
This problem is low probability but high consequence as it would be releasing near the ground thus with a lot of destructive volume. Be extra cautious where snowpack goes from thick to thin areas.
No new avalanches observed or reported in the region.
Five to 15 cm sits above a weak layer of surface hoar and facets. This weak layer is more problematic in areas of wind loading. The midpack is dense and supportive in most areas. At the bottom of the snowpack, the weaker, more facetted layer above the ground creates a deep persistent slab.
Friday
Flurries.
Accumulation: 6 cm.
Alpine temperature: High -3 °C.
Ridge wind southwest: 20 km/h gusting to 60 km/h.
Freezing level: 1800 metres.
SaturdayMainly cloudy with isolated flurries.
Precipitation: Trace.
Alpine temperature: Low -6 °C, High -5 °C.
Ridge wind west: 15-35 km/h.
Freezing level: 1500 metres.
SundayMainly cloudy with isolated flurries.
Precipitation: Trace.
Alpine temperature: Low -5 °C, High -3 °C.
Ridge wind southwest: 20 km/h gusting to 45 km/h.
Freezing level: 1700 metres.