Wind Slabs
N
NE
E
SE
S
SW
W
NW
- Alta montaña
- Límite del bosque
- Bajo el límite del bosque
- Probabilidad
- Likely
- Tamaño
- 1–2
You could trigger an avalanche in a drift of fresh snow that sits on an old snow surface. Look for cracking to identify unstable areas and avoid fresh, pillowy, lens-shaped drifts below ridgelines and in cross-loaded terrain features.
Safer travel can be found in wind-sheltered and lower-elevation terrain, where the new snow remains unconsolidated.