Wind Slabs
- Alta montaña
- Límite del bosque
- Bajo el límite del bosque
- Probabilidad
- Unlikely
- Tamaño
- 1–2
Expect to find small wind slabs in high alpine lee terrain. Stronger winds forecast for Friday may result in wide spread windslab development.
Little change to the conditions is expected until the wind picks up on Friday and snow on Saturday.
Expect to find small wind slabs in high alpine lee terrain. Stronger winds forecast for Friday may result in wide spread windslab development.
No avalanches were observed or reported in Little Yoho on Wednesday.
Moist snow below 1650m. Sun-crust exists on steep solar aspects and isolated wind slabs can be found in the high alpine. There is 10-25 cm of facetted snow over the Feb 3 crust. In shallower snowpack areas weak facet layers can be found in the mid and lower pack.
On Thursday, a mix of sun and cloud across the forecast region as moderate to strong moist, westerly flow continues. Trace accumulations are expected, except up to 2 cm for western-facing aspects. Freezing levels will rise to between 1600 and 1800m in the afternoon. Up to 15cm of snow is expected on the weekend.
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