Deep Persistent Slabs
- Alpin
- Limite forestière
- Sous la limite forestière
- Probabilité
- Possible
- Taille
- 3
In isolated areas where weak, faceted snow persists near the base of the snowpack, deep hard slabs could be triggered by large loads. These dangerous slabs could have depths to five feet and will become more sensitive to human triggers during the warmest portion of the day. Very large cornice failures are possible today, which could also initiate one of these deep slab avalanches.