Wind Slabs
N
NE
E
SE
S
SW
W
NW
- Alpin
- Limite forestière
- Sous la limite forestière
- Probabilité
- Possible
- Taille
- 1–2
Modest snowfall and moderate winds increase your chances of triggering avalanches at upper elevations. You could trigger an avalanche where winds drift new snow onto leeward slopes at upper elevations. Avalanches will be larger, where you find more than about six inches of new snow.
Signs of instability include cracking or easily triggered loose avalanches in the new snow. If you see these signs, consider moving to lower elevation slopes, less than 35 degrees steep.