Wind Slabs
- Alta quota
- Limite del bosco
- Sotto il limite del bosco
- Probabilità
- Possible
- Dimensione
- 1
As the day progresses, new snow combined with westerly ridgetop winds will begin to build isolated pockets of wind slab in exposed, leeward terrain at the upper elevations. These slabs will form on good sliding surfaces, which include sun crusts and surface hoar. Backcountry travelers venturing in to very steep, wind loaded terrain could trigger these slabs to depths of six to twelve inches by this evening.