Storm Slabs
- Alta montaña
- Límite del bosque
- Bajo el límite del bosque
- Probabilidad
- Very Likely
- Tamaño
- 1.5–2
New snow and strong winds continue to build storm slabs on all asp and elevations.
Hazard will increase throughout the day. Avoid avalanche terrain and exposure to runout zones.
New snow and strong winds continue to build storm slabs on all asp and elevations.
Expect wet loose avalanches to be reactive where precipitation falls as rain.
On Friday, evidence of a natural wind slab cycle up to size 2.5 was observed in the alpine from the mid-week wind event.
This MIN from Friday describes whumphing and remote-triggering a wind slab from 30 m away on a convex slope at treeline.
Expect avalanche activity to increase throughout the day.
New snow overlies extensively wind-affected surfaces at upper elevations and possibly sun crust on steep solar aspects.
Below 2100 m, a widespread crust is buried 20 to 60 cm deep. The snowpack below the crust is generally well settled and has no significant layers of concern.
Sunday Night
Cloudy. 10 to 15 cm of snow. 60 km/h southwest ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature -5 °C.
Monday
Cloudy. 30 to 35 cm of snow. 60 km/h southwest ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature -2 °C.
Tuesday
Cloudy. 40 to 50 mm of precipitation as snow or rain at treeline. 60 km/h southwest ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature 1 °C.
Wednesday
Cloudy. 35 to 50 mm of rain at treeline. 50 km/h southwest ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature 2 °C.
More details can be found in the Mountain Weather Forecast.