Wind Slabs
- Alpin
- Limite forestière
- Sous la limite forestière
- Probabilité
- Possible
- Taille
- 1–2
Lingering wind slabs remain at upper elevations, and watch locally for small new slabs forming Wednesday on ridgetop lees.
Its going to be all freeze and no melt with light snow over the next few days. Watch locally for new and old wind slabs in lee alpine terrain.
Lingering wind slabs remain at upper elevations, and watch locally for small new slabs forming Wednesday on ridgetop lees.
No new avalanches were observed or reported on Wednesday.
North-facing aspects above 2600 m hold dry, wind-affected snow. On solar aspects, a crust extends to ridgetop and has been weakening under daytime heating. As a cooling trend moves into the region, a widespread surface crust will lock in the snowpack everywhere except on high north-facing terrain.
Temperatures will fall to below freezing at valley bottom and -10 to -15C at treeline. Some light snow mainly along the East slopes (5-10cm) will end during the day Thursday, and winds will be light to moderate.
Cold with light snow may continue for Friday and Saturday, with an upslope component.