Wind Slabs
- Alta quota
- Limite del bosco
- Sotto il limite del bosco
- Probabilità
- Unlikely
- Dimensione
- 1
This problem exists in steep terrain beneath ridgelines and in gullies. Textured snow or large pillows of snow adjacent to a scoured surface are evidence of wind loading. Being caught or knocked off your feet would surely not end well, given all the buried hazards.
A small isolated wind drift on a east facing slope beneath a ridgeline. Stubborn in sensitivity. 12 inches deep.
Photo: Eric Falconer