Wind Slabs
- Alta montaña
- Límite del bosque
- Bajo el límite del bosque
- Probabilidad
- Possible
- Tamaño
- 1–2
You may be able to trigger an avalanche on a steep wind-drifted slope at upper elevations on north to northeast through east-facing slopes. Use caution around wind-textured snow or lens-shaped pillows of snow. Lower-angled slopes offer safer travel options.
On southerly-facing slopes, if you start to see rollerballs, fan-like point releases, or sink into your boot tops in wet snow, it is time to call it a day or move to colder snow.
Evaluate terrain carefully, and never stop paying attention to consequences. If you're considering riding a slope where triggering a slide would likely be fatal and push you into the numerous exposed hazards currently (rocks, stumps) OR small terrain features terminating in a creek or flat terrain that could result in a deep burial, you need to be very, very confident in the snowpack stability.