Wind Slabs
- Alta montaña
- Límite del bosque
- Bajo el límite del bosque
- Probabilidad
- Unlikely
- Tamaño
- 1–1.5
Small, thin wind slabs may linger in pockets near ridgelines. Recent shifting winds suggest you may find them on a wide range of aspects.
Small avalanches could create big consequences in extreme terrain.
Continue to exercise safe travel practices!
Small, thin wind slabs may linger in pockets near ridgelines. Recent shifting winds suggest you may find them on a wide range of aspects.
Saturday Night
Mostly cloudy, trace accumulation, 20 to 30 km/h southwest wind, alpine low of -9 C.
Sunday
Sunny with cloudy periods, trace accumulation early in the day for the western part of the region, 15 to 20 km/h west wind, alpine high of -7 C.
Monday
A mix of sun and cloud, up to 2 cm for the western sections, 30 km/h west wind, alpine high of -7 C.
Tuesday
Mostly sunny, no accumulation, 20 km/h southwest wind, alpine high -3 C.
More details can be found in the Mountain Weather Forecast.
No new avalanches have been reported.
Please continue to share any observations or photos on the Mountain Information Network.
A dusting of snow overlies a melt-freeze crust that can be found up to 2100 m. Wind-affected snow prevails above 2100 m, with thin, older wind slabs in lee terrain features from southwest winds.
The mid-pack continues to settle and consolidate. Facets exist near the base of the snowpack.