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
Strong winds and new snow increase your chances of triggering an avalanche, especially above treeline. You could trigger an avalanche in drifts of new snow on north, northeast, and east-facing slopes. Be on the lookout for cracking and avoid fresh, pillowy, lens-shaped drifts below ridgelines and in cross-loaded terrain features. Safer travel can be found in wind-sheltered terrain.