Persistent Slabs
- Alta montaña
- Límite del bosque
- Bajo el límite del bosque
- Probabilidad
- Unlikely
- Tamaño
- 1–2
It is hard to include the Dec. 8th buried surface hoar layer as a Persistent Slab avalanche character because we haven't seen any avalanches on this layer for over a week. Nonetheless I am including it because folks are still finding sudden collapses in their compression tests (a failure that is indicative of avalanche activity), and because triggering a weak layer 40-50 cm. deep would have significant consequences. As we've been saying, these avalanches are low likelihood, high consequence. It is worth doing a little inspection before committing to steep untouched terrain.