Persistent Slabs
N
NE
E
SE
S
SW
W
NW
- Alpine
- Treeline
- Below treeline
- Likelihood
- Unlikely
- Size
- 1–2
Avalanches are unlikely, but not impossible. The few isolated places where you can trigger an elevation are at upper elevations and on wind-drifted terrain features where winds have drifted the snow into hard slabs over weaker layers.