Wind slab
- Above treeline
Wind slabs and wet snow require caution.
Wind slabs and wet snow require caution.
Wind slabs are to be assessed with care and prudence. Additionally in some places avalanches can also penetrate deep layers and reach large size. Increase in danger of wet avalanches in the course of the day, in the event of prolonged bright spells in particular.
Over a wide area 10 to 30 cm of snow, and even more in some localities, has fallen since Monday above approximately 2200 m. As a consequence of new snow and a moderate to strong northwesterly wind, further wind slabs formed. Avalanche prone weak layers exist in the top section of the snowpack in particular on steep shady slopes. The solar radiation will give rise as the day progresses to moistening of the snowpack.
The meteorological conditions will facilitate a gradual stabilisation of the snowpack.
Bulletin data: Meteotrentino, avalanche.report (CC BY 4.0)