Loose Wet
- Alpin
- Limite forestière
- Sous la limite forestière
- Probabilité
- Possible
- Taille
- 1
Strong spring sunshine and warm daytime temperatures will quickly melt through last night's weak refreeze allowing loose wet avalanche activity to become possible again today. Sun-exposed E-SE-S-SW-W aspects hold the best potential for loose wet avalanche activity, but some loose wet instability could also form on more northerly aspects where wet surface snow exists. Wet snow instabilities could include pinwheels, rollerballs, and loose wet avalanches. Some of the loose wet avalanches could involve enough snow to bury or injure a person.
Wet sticky snow, boot-top-deep wet snow, active roller balls or pinwheels, and other loose wet avalanches can indicate increasing wet snow instability. Once signs of wet snow exist, move to a colder more shaded aspect or lower angle slopes.