Persistent Slabs
N
NE
E
SE
S
SW
W
NW
- Alpin
- Limite forestière
- Sous la limite forestière
- Probabilité
- Likely
- Taille
- 1–2
Westerly winds drifted snow and formed dangerous slabs on east-facing slopes. On slopes with wind-drifted snow, you can trigger avalanches large enough to bury you. Avalanches will be larger on northerly-facing slopes that had snow cover before this storm, and you could trigger them from a distance. Shooting cracks, rumbling collapses, or a change from softer to much harder snow are indications you have found a wind-drifted slab.