More common for the area, Central Oregon Avalanche Center (COAC) has also cited wind slabs as a consistent problem throughout their forecast season, which began on December 1. Friday, December 20 was ...

The riders, "knowingly ducked a rope closure line" and triggered a D2 wind slab avalanche that caught three of the four riders in the group. The observation does not include a photo of the avalanche ...

Heading into the weekend, backcountry snow conditions are moderate, but the danger of avalanche rises to considerable in the alpine as the weekend opens up, according to Avalanche Canada.

“Even just the new snow itself can form what we call a storm slab problem or a wind slab problem.” As of Tuesday afternoon, Avalanche Canada had a “considerable hazard” warning covering ...

"We've had a report of a Wind Slab to the 12/7 rain crust, which is over a meter deep in places. The size of the resulting avalanche should be giving us all a bit more hesitancy than we typically ...

The riders, "knowingly ducked a rope closure line" and triggered a D2 wind slab avalanche that caught three of the four riders in the group. The observation does not include a photo of the ...

"Even just the new snow itself can form what we call a storm slab problem or a wind slab problem." As of Tuesday afternoon, Avalanche Canada had a "considerable hazard" warning covering Vancouver ...