Wind slab
- Above 1,500 m
- Taille
- 1
Stability: poor · Frequency: few
Watch out for places with blown new snow.
Stability: poor · Frequency: few
Watch out for places with blown new snow.
In the Low Tatras is declared a SMALL avalanche danger (1st degree). For the last period of snowfall up to 5 cm of new snow with strong wind. Locally snow slabs of small thickness may form. Due to the small amount of new snow, they may mainly cause shearing and falling. Increase caution in areas with accumulated large amounts of new snow.
The snow cover consists of two distinct layers. Old, hard snow (crust) and about 5 cm of new snow. In some places even more. Temperatures are dropping below -10°C, so the layers cannot combine well. There is also a large temperature gradient in the snow cover, which can cause the formation of dangerous square-grained snow. Continuous snow cover occurs in the Low Tatras from an altitude of about 1300 m and reaches 40 to 70 cm at the highest altitudes.
Persistent
Bulletin data: Stredisko lavínovej prevencie HZS (via EAWS / avalanche.report)