Persistent Slabs
N
NE
E
SE
S
SW
W
NW
- Alpin
- Limite forestière
- Sous la limite forestière
- Probabilité
- Possible
- Taille
- 1–1.5
You could trigger an avalanche where you find recently wind-drifted snow over old, weak snow. You are most likely to find this at high elevations close to ridgelines. If you find a pillow of firm snow that cracks, reroute to dry ground or unconsolidated snow.