Salt River and Wyoming Ranges

Problèmes avalancheux

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  Wind Slabs

  N

  NE

  E

  SE

  S

  SW

  W

  NW

  • Alpin
  • Limite forestière
  • Sous la limite forestière

  Probabilité

  Very Likely

  Taille

  2–3

  Winds slabs formed by very strong west to northwest winds are likely to be human triggered and release naturally today. These slabs are expected to have crown depths of two to four feet and could step down to deeper layers.

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  Deep Persistent Slabs

  N

  NE

  E

  SE

  S

  SW

  W

  NW

  • Alpin
  • Limite forestière
  • Sous la limite forestière

  Probabilité

  Likely

  Taille

  3

  Deep persistent slabs with depths of four to six feet lie upon buried layers of weak faceted snow and have potential to release naturally, be triggered by the weight of a single person or by the release of an overlying wind slab.