Salt River and Wyoming Ranges

Problèmes avalancheux

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  Persistent Slabs

  N

  NE

  E

  SE

  S

  SW

  W

  NW

  • Alpin
  • Limite forestière
  • Sous la limite forestière

  Probabilité

  Very Likely

  Taille

  2–3

  Many large natural avalanches occurred yesterday and some were triggered from a long distance away. Historically dry conditions in December formed a widespread weak layer that is now buried 1-2.5 feet below the snow surface. It remains likely that you'll trigger avalanches, some of them remotely, from gentle terrain above, below, or to the side of steep slopes over 30 degrees. These avalanches may surprise you as they could occur on treed slopes or occur naturally on steep terrain above you. They can also occur at elevations that recently had minimal snow coverage. If you are venturing out this holiday weekend, be aware of what or who is above you and stay in simple, low angle terrain. 

   

  

• 

  Persistent Slabs

  N

  NE

  E

  SE

  S

  SW

  W

  NW

  • Alpin
  • Limite forestière
  • Sous la limite forestière

  Probabilité

  Unlikely

  Taille

  2–3.5

  Weak snow that formed during November varies in depth tremendously across this forecast zone. It is now located up to five feet below the surface in the snowiest areas of the Salt River Range and Palisades but is more shallowly buried in others such as the Wyoming Range. The last reported avalanche on this layer was triggered by a snowmachiner on December 30th near Gunsight Pass. Avalanches on this layer seem unlikely at this point but cannot be ruled out in the steep terrain depicted above. Moving avalanche debris from the more senstive layer described above could conceivably step down to this layer making any avalanche much more destructive.