Wind Slabs
- Alta montaña
- Límite del bosque
- Bajo el límite del bosque
- Probabilidad
- Unlikely - Possible
- Tamaño
- 1–3
Previous snow at tree line and above has settled into soft slabs with warmer temperatures and Light winds.
Be on the watch for pockets of wind slabs and avoid them. Great skiing on the north aspects.
Previous snow at tree line and above has settled into soft slabs with warmer temperatures and Light winds.
Friday
Mainly cloudy with isolated flurries.
Precipitation: Trace.
Alpine temperature: High -5 C.
Ridge wind southwest: 15-35 km/h.
Freezing level: 1500 metres.
Saturday
Mainly cloudy with scattered flurries.
Accumulation: 5 cm.
Alpine temperature: Low -10 C, High -5 C.
Ridge wind west: 10-30 km/h.
Freezing level: 1500 metres.
Sun crust on solar slopes to Mountain top. Melt Freeze crust on polar slopes up to 2200m, settled snow on north aspects above. Mar 23rd sun crust (all elev.) and Melt Freeze Crust (all asp, up to 2100m) are present in the upper snowpack.
Significant natural and explosives controlled avalanche cycle up to sz 3 wet slabs on solar aspects, all elevations observed on Tuesday. Spring diurnal cycle in full swing!