Wind Slabs
- Alta quota
- Limite del bosco
- Sotto il limite del bosco
- Probabilità
- Possible - Likely
- Dimensione
- 1–2
Recently formed wind slabs will need some time to bond.
Good riding can be found in sheltered areas, but remain vigilant in your conservative decision making, our snow pack structure does not inspire confidence.
Recently formed wind slabs will need some time to bond.
This problem layer is the crust and facets created by early February's warm spell. It is down 30-80 cm in the snowpack and is a 1-10 cm thick crust or multiple crusts with a layer of weak facets above.
The base of the snowpack is inherently weak and untrustworthy. Tickling this deep layer would result in a high consequence avalanche. Any avalanche in the upper snowpack has the potential to step down to the base of the snowpack.
No new avalanches have been observed in the last 48 hours, but visibility of the the alpine has been poor.
10cm of new snow has accumulated over the last couple days. Extensive wind effect from strong to extreme SW winds is present in open areas, and thin crusts have formed on solar aspects and lower elevations. A layer of faceted snow above a 1-3cm thick crust is down 35-60 cm. This persistent weak layer is consistently reactive in snowpit tests and is not going away anytime soon. Well developed basal depth hoar makes up the bottom third of the snowpack. HS ranges from 80 to 130cm.
Mountain Weather Forecast is available @ Avalanche Canada https://avalanche.ca/weather/forecast
Parker Ridge - Tuesday
A mix of sun and cloud with isolated flurries.
Precipitation: Trace.
Alpine temperature: High -5 °C.
Ridge wind west: 15-30 km/h.
Freezing level: 1600 metres.