Bulletin d’avalanche

Taranaki

New Zealand Avalanche Advisory
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Danger d’avalanche

High Alpine · above 1,800 m
3 · Marqué
Alpine · 1,200 m–1,800 m
3 · Marqué
Sub Alpine · below 1,200 m
Sans niveau
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Points saillants

Wind slab has built on easterly aspects during this storm system. These have signficant depth and are providing a significant avalanche risk to mountain users.

Problèmes avalancheux

  • Wind Slabs

    • Toutes altitudes
    Probabilité
    Likely
    Taille
    2

    New snow overnight has seen the avalanche hazard shift mainly to Easterly aspects. Especially given the wind strength from the south collecting previously deposited snow, helping increase the size and depth of this new wind slab. This will continue for Saturday before we see a clearance on Sunday. Caution for any travel on the mountain is needed, remembering wind-stripped areas will be firm underfoot, plus the varied depth and shape of wind slab on leeward aspects. Avalanche rescue equipment along with your crampons and ice axe are essential for Taranaki; it seems an odd mix but this is the case for the varied conditions you are likely to come across.

Recent Avalanche Activity

No human-triggered or naturally triggered avalanches have been reported or observed over the past 24 hours.

Current Snowpack Conditions

5 to 20cms of new snow over the last 12 hours above 1000m from the South with associated strong winds. Wind slab has formed above 1300m on Easterly aspects and expect these areas to contain new snow instabilities which will have formed during the storm. Winds are still strong and transporting snow building these areas of wind slab.

Mountain Weather

More snow is forecasted for Saturday with strong SOutherly winds. We should start to see a clearance for Sunday. Temperatures will remain cold, and winds will remain moderate to strong.

Sliding Danger

Exposed slpoes to the wind will be firm

Forecast Confidence

Low

  • We are uncertain due to a limited number of field observations.
  • We are uncertain about forecast precipitation amounts.

New Zealand Avalanche Advisory (NZ Mountain Safety Council)

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