Persistent Slabs
N
NE
E
SE
S
SW
W
NW
- Alpine
- Treeline
- Below treeline
- Likelihood
- Possible
- Size
- 2–3
Avalanche forecast
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Avalanche danger
Sun
Mon
Alpine
3 · Considerable
Treeline
2 · Moderate
Below
1 · Low
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Avalanche problems
Wind Slabs
NNEESESSWWNW- Alpine
- Treeline
- Below treeline
- Likelihood
- Likely
- Size
- 1–1.5
Avalanche Summary
Northwest winds are drifting snow into cohesive, dangerous slabs, primarily on easterly and south-facing slopes above treeline. You can easily trigger a small avalanche in this newly drifted snow that might step down into deeper buried weak layers becoming a much larger and possibly deadly avalanche. Avoid wind-loaded slopes, often found on the lee sides of a ridgeline near the top of a slope or where the snow surface has a wave-like, rounded appearance and a hard, hollow feel when traveling across it. Safer travel options exist on wind-sheltered terrain below treeline.