Wind Slabs
N
NE
E
SE
S
SW
W
NW
- Alta montaña
- Límite del bosque
- Bajo el límite del bosque
- Probabilidad
- Possible
- Tamaño
- 1–1.5
Earlier this week, strong westerly winds drifted thin, stiff slabs of snow below alpine ridgelines. You might trigger a small slab avalanche on northerly or easterly-facing slopes that could break up to a foot deep. Choose safer options in wind-sheltered terrain where you find no freshly buried layers of stiffer wind-drifted snow.