“Pay attention to the wind; once it starts to blow, sensitive wind slabs are likely to form ... for loose avalanches in steep terrain where snow hasn't formed a slab.” ...

While in different locations both reports state the slides were rider-triggered and deemed “wind slab avalanches in lee ... potential for reactive slabs to form due to new snow and strong ...

On what was estimated to be their seventh lap, they dropped in under some rocks on a northwest facing slope when a facet layer failed beneath a hard wind slab causing an avalanche. The avalanche crown ...

On what was estimated to be their seventh lap, they dropped in under some rocks on a northwest facing slope when a facet layer failed beneath a hard wind slab causing an avalanche. The avalanche ...

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 ...

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 ...

“Since Christmas, we have received hundreds of reports of avalanches,” the CAIC said in a social post. “Most reports describe Persistent Slab avalanche behavior with remote ...

A skier was killed and another injured after the group they were in triggered a large avalanche while ascending ... an elevation of 10,400 feet, a large slab of snow about 5 feet thick broke ...

It's been a snowy day!" Ripple texturing in the snow indicates possible wind slab activity New Hampshire's Mount Washington Avalanche Center - the only recreational avalanche forecasting operation ...