Wind Slabs
- Alta montaña
- Límite del bosque
- Bajo el límite del bosque
- Probabilidad
- Likely
- Tamaño
- 2
Strong northwest winds have created wind slabs two to four feet in depth at the mid and upper elevations and pockets of wind slab up to 18 inches deep in some lower elevation avalanche starting zones. These slabs lie upon slick old surfaces and weak layers of faceted snow. They could be triggered by the weight a single person and that may not necessarily be the first person on a suspect slope.