Storm Slabs
- Alpin
- Limite forestière
- Sous la limite forestière
- Probabilité
- Very Likely
- Taille
- 1–2.5
New snow and wind will create new, reactive storm slabs.
In some areas, they may bury older but still reactive wind slabs.
New snow and wind will create dangerous avalanche conditions.
Avoid avalanche terrain.
New snow and wind will create new, reactive storm slabs.
In some areas, they may bury older but still reactive wind slabs.
A natural avalanche cycle is expected to occur throughout the duration of this storm.
Over the past few days, several size one wind and storm slab avalanches have been reported on all aspects and elevations.
20 to 30 cm of new snow is burying a previously faceted and wind effected surface. New snow is expected to bond poorly to the previous surface.
The snowpack remains generally deep, with few layers of concern. Treeline snow depths exceed 300 cm.
Sunday Night
Cloudy. 15 to 20 cm of snow. 40 km/h south ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature -6 °C.
Monday
Cloudy. 20 to 30 cm of snow. 40 km/h south ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature -4 °C.
Tuesday
Mostly cloudy. 10 to 15 cm of snow. 40 km/h south ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature -2 °C.
Wednesday
Mostly cloudy. 5 to 10 cm of snow. 30 km/h south ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature -4 °C.
More details can be found in the Mountain Weather Forecast.