Wind Slabs
- Alta montaña
- Límite del bosque
- Bajo el límite del bosque
- Probabilidad
- Unlikely - Possible
- Tamaño
- 1–2
Wind slabs are starting to develop at ridgetop.
With multiple days of positive temperatures the better riding quality may be limited to higher elevation, polar aspects.
Wind slabs are starting to develop at ridgetop.
This weak layer is buried 20-40cm deep. Human triggering remains possible, particularly in shallow rocky start zones.
The base of the snowpack is inherently weak and untrustworthy. Human and natural triggering of these basal facets remains possible.
No new avalanche activity reported on the Icefields Parkway or Maligne Lake Road today.
A dusting of new snow sits over a sun crust on solar aspects. The Feb 3rd crust is down 15-30cm and is 1-3cm thick in the alpine. On shaded aspects, the Feb 3rd crust exists up to 2500m and it is starting to break down. On solar aspects this crust extends up to 2800m and it is 15-20cm thick at lower elevations. The Persistent and Deep Persistent weak layers continue to produce whumphing and sudden fractures in tests.
The Mountain Weather Forecast is available at Avalanche Canada https://avalanche.ca/weather/forecast
Thursday's Weather
Cloudy with sunny periods.
Alpine temperature: High -6 °C.
Ridge wind southwest: 10 km/h.