Wind Slabs
- Alta quota
- Limite del bosco
- Sotto il limite del bosco
- Probabilità
- Likely
- Dimensione
- 1–2
New snow amounts over the last 48 hours range from 15-17”. Wind slabs one to three feet thick exist on a variety of aspects due to shifting winds. Slopes beneath cliff bands, exits from couloirs, and rollovers beneath cornices should be evaluated carefully for signs of instability such as shooting cracks. Hollow sounding snow, cracking or pillow-like formations of snow are indicators that drifting snow has formed slabs.