Wind Slabs
N
NE
E
SE
S
SW
W
NW
- Alta montaña
- Límite del bosque
- Bajo el límite del bosque
- Probabilidad
- Possible
- Tamaño
- 1–2
Up to six inches of new snow and strong westerly winds will have formed dense slabs on the eastern half of the compass. Higher-elevation slopes below ridges are the most likely places to find this problem and possibly trigger an avalanche. Steer around any steep terrain feature where you find more than a foot of newly drifted snow or see shooting cracks along the snow surface.