Persistent Slabs
N
NE
E
SE
S
SW
W
NW
- Alta montaña
- Límite del bosque
- Bajo el límite del bosque
- Probabilidad
- Possible
- Tamaño
- 2–2.5
At upper elevations, there's a chance you can trigger a dry slab avalanche that might break on one of several weak layers in the upper snowpack. The most suspect slopes are wind-drifted ones, steeper than about 35 degrees, that face northwest through north to northeast.
At lower elevations, the chance of triggering a dangerous wet avalanche decreases each of the next few days. If you end up in an area with a collapsible wet snow pack, even one topped with a thin crust, choose less-steep options nearby.
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