Wind Slabs
- Alta quota
- Limite del bosco
- Sotto il limite del bosco
- Probabilità
- Likely
- Dimensione
- 1–2
Constant SW winds may have created pockets of wind slab in the Alpine and Treeline.
Good early season skiing can be found in sheltered locations where the crust is present and supportive. Caution for early season hazards like rocks and stumps just under the snow surface.
Constant SW winds may have created pockets of wind slab in the Alpine and Treeline.
No avalanches observed or reported today.
Monday: Isolated flurries. Alpine temperature: High -8 C. Ridge wind southwest: 10-30 km/h. Freezing level at valley bottom.
Tuesday: Flurries. 11 cm. Alpine temps: Low -7 C, High 0 C. 20 km/h gusting to 60 km/h. FL: 2200 metres.
Wednesday: Cloudy with flurries.5 cm. Low -8 C, High -3 C. 15 km/h gusting to 65 km/h SW. FL: 1700 metres.
Treeline has a snowpack of 40-60cm with overall supportive travel. The Nov. 4th rain crust exists up to 2600m depending on location in the forecast area. Steady SW winds have formed windslabs in Alpine and Treeline