Wind Slabs
N
NE
E
SE
S
SW
W
NW
- Alpin
- Limite forestière
- Sous la limite forestière
- Probabilité
- Unlikely - Possible
- Taille
- 1–2
Wind slabs are reported to exist in the alpine. Watch for conditions that change with aspect and elevation.
Bulletin d’avalanche
Voir sur la carteSouth Columbia
Dec 14 – 15, 2016Avalanche Canada
Archivé · expiré 10 years ago
Danger d’avalanche
Thu
Fri
Alpin
1 · Faible
Limite forestière
1 · Faible
Sous la limite
1 · Faible
Points saillants
The cold will stick around through to the end of the week.
Problèmes avalancheux
Confidence
High - The weather pattern is stable
Weather Forecast
Thursday: Sunny with cloudy periods / Light northeast wind / Alpine temperature -11Friday: Sunny with cloudy periods / Light northeast wind / Alpine temperature -19 Saturday: Cloudy with isolated flurries / Light to moderate west wind / Alpine temperature of -15
Avalanche Summary
Recent avalanche activity is limited to isolated thin windslab releases to size 1 in the alpine.
Snowpack Summary
Recent low density storm snow has been facetting due to the cold temperatures. Variable wind effect has created wind slabs in the alpine. Watch for a recently buried layer of surface hoar down 30-40cm that may develop a poor bonding layer. The depth of the mid-november crust is also variable across the region. Reports have the crust down between 100-200 cm and snowpack tests have produced a variety of results from moderate and sudden to hard and resistant, and in some cases no result. If you dig down to the crust, watch for facets developing above and/or below. This may provide a weak layer above a smooth sliding surface in the future.