Wind Slabs
- Alpin
- Limite forestière
- Sous la limite forestière
- Probabilité
- Possible
- Taille
- 1–2
Small pockets of wind slab up to two feet in depth lie upon firm old snow surfaces. These slabs could be human triggered in steep upper elevation avalanche starting zones and cliff areas and may become more sensitive to triggers as they are weakened by sunlight and increasing temperatures.