Wind Slabs
- Alta quota
- Limite del bosco
- Sotto il limite del bosco
- Probabilità
- Possible - Likely
- Dimensione
- 1–2
New snow and wind on Sunday will start to form small but reactive slabs in lee terrain features.
Fresh, reactive wind slabs will form throughout the day.
Buried weak layers mean that triggering large avalanches is possible!
New snow and wind on Sunday will start to form small but reactive slabs in lee terrain features.
A buried layer of facets in the snowpack is expected to be more reactive in wind-affected thin rocky terrain features. Triggering of this layer is less likely where a supportive crust is present above.
No new avalanches have been reported in the past few days.
If you head out in the backcountry, let us know what you're seeing by submitting a MIN report.
Up to 15 cm of new snow overlies surface hoar and facetted snow from recent cold temperatures.
In open areas, strong southerly winds will be redistributing new snow, creating wind slabs and wind-affected surfaces. A crust can be found below this snow up to 1500 m.
Below this, a layer of facets from early February and a thick crust from late January are at a similar depth between 70 and 110 cm. These layers remain possible to trigger with large loads and are most likely to be found on north-facing slopes.
Saturday Night
Partly cloudy. 1 to 2 cm of snow. 30 km/h west ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature -9 °C.
Sunday
Cloudy. 3 to 10 cm of snow. 30 to 60 km/h south ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature -9 °C.
Monday
Mostly cloudy. 4 to 20 mm of precipitation as snow or rain at treeline. 60 to 110 km/h southwest ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature 0 °C.
Tuesday
Mostly cloudy. 1 to 15 cm of snow. 50 to 90 km/h southwest ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature -2 °C.
More details can be found in the Mountain Weather Forecast.