Hard wind slab in Crowsnest
southrockies,
Friday 7th February, 2025 12:00PM
Today in the Crowsnest Pass we found a hard wind slab on open terrain features at all elevations. The depth of the wind slab varied from 5 to 20 cm and we suspect they could be up to 30 cm in the Alpine lee's.
We avoided open terrain features where we found drum-like sounding snow. This hard wind slab sits on a faceted layer with a hard wind-pressed surface below.
Cold temperatures will keep this setup a bit tricky for a while.


Location: 49.67438000 -114.65128000