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
New snow and winds moving snow increases your chances of triggering a small avalanche above treeline. Look for and avoid fresh and firm lens-shaped drifts below ridgelines and in cross loaded gullies.
Safer travel can be found at lower elevations out of the wind.