Persistent Slabs
N
NE
E
SE
S
SW
W
NW
- Alta montaña
- Límite del bosque
- Bajo el límite del bosque
- Probabilidad
- Likely
- Tamaño
- 2–3
You can easily trigger a slab avalanche on steep wind-drifted terrain features where you find more than about a foot of fresh snow. The more worrisome situation is if an avalanche breaks into deeper buried weak layers. You can find safer conditions in wind-sheltered, lower-angled terrain without steep terrain overhead.
Later in the day, as the snow surface warms, you can push small wet avalanches.