Persistent Slabs
- Alta quota
- Limite del bosco
- Sotto il limite del bosco
- Probabilità
- Possible
- Dimensione
- 1–2
At the mid and upper elevations large persistent slab avalanches could be triggered on buried layers of surface hoar. These slabs could be up to three feet deep. Although the potential for the weight of a single person to trigger one of these slabs is slowly decreasing, trying to determine which slopes are stable and which are not remains problematic due to variability in the distribution and strength of these buried weak layers. These slabs may become more sensitive to human triggers during the warmest portion of the day.