A thick crust formed on the surface of soft snow by the wind, of a kind liable to slip and create an avalanche.
风成雪壳
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Word is that serious windslabs were forming on the ridge at Bridger today, not a good sign for other areas as well.
Ridgetop winds were blowing from the north scouring north faces or giving them a slight windslab.
After 2 hours spent sitting in bivouac bags the storm showed no sign of clearing and the decision was made to retreat before fresh windslab built up in the blizzard.
The new low-density snow has not bonded so watch for cohesive windslabs that have formed over the top.
At present there are still isolated pockets of windslab particularly on aspects lee to the westerly quarter.
Rain will be falling on a variety of surface conditions including old crust, unconsolidated powder and windslabs of varying degrees of hardness.
We have two main concerns today: Isolated windslabs and extremely warm temperatures at upper elevations.
Be aware that it's a high mountain area and gets a lot of wind, hence windslabs and accompanying avalanche danger.
The fresh windslab that built up over the weekend is beginning to consolidate.
North and Northeast aspects are of concern due to the strong flow over this past weekend that created windslabs on leeward slopes.
These windslabs often obscure rocks and other hazards and react easily to skier traffic.
Twight and I briefly considered the West Rib or the Messner Couloir, but both had two feet of avalanche-prone windslab over blue ice.
For the next couple of days and until after the next warm event there exist some pockets of windslab on the upper mountain below Porter Col.
The ground leading to it was steep windslab, too deep to find hard snow for a deadman, or ice for a screw.
Skiing became tricky since there were large windslabs and abundant cornices some of which showed cracks three feet from the edge.
We did not find fresh windslabs of any size, but lee slopes in the windier spots are likely to have very tender windslabs.
The hard, smooth surface of windslab is very deceptive, avalanches of such snow are common and have been responsible for many fatal accidents.
Watch for loose slides in the new snow. This may be enough to set off windslab underneath.
Where the wider skis like the Chubbs stand out is in the windslab, breakable crust, Sierra cement type conditions.
One of the supporting Army mountain guides headed to the opposite slope where a windslab came down recently.
Definition of windslab in US English:
windslab
nounˈwindslab
A thick crust formed on the surface of soft snow by the wind, of a kind liable to slip and create an avalanche.
风成雪壳
Example sentencesExamples
The fresh windslab that built up over the weekend is beginning to consolidate.
After 2 hours spent sitting in bivouac bags the storm showed no sign of clearing and the decision was made to retreat before fresh windslab built up in the blizzard.
We did not find fresh windslabs of any size, but lee slopes in the windier spots are likely to have very tender windslabs.
North and Northeast aspects are of concern due to the strong flow over this past weekend that created windslabs on leeward slopes.
The hard, smooth surface of windslab is very deceptive, avalanches of such snow are common and have been responsible for many fatal accidents.
Where the wider skis like the Chubbs stand out is in the windslab, breakable crust, Sierra cement type conditions.
Twight and I briefly considered the West Rib or the Messner Couloir, but both had two feet of avalanche-prone windslab over blue ice.
We have two main concerns today: Isolated windslabs and extremely warm temperatures at upper elevations.
For the next couple of days and until after the next warm event there exist some pockets of windslab on the upper mountain below Porter Col.
Rain will be falling on a variety of surface conditions including old crust, unconsolidated powder and windslabs of varying degrees of hardness.
Be aware that it's a high mountain area and gets a lot of wind, hence windslabs and accompanying avalanche danger.
The new low-density snow has not bonded so watch for cohesive windslabs that have formed over the top.
Skiing became tricky since there were large windslabs and abundant cornices some of which showed cracks three feet from the edge.
These windslabs often obscure rocks and other hazards and react easily to skier traffic.
The ground leading to it was steep windslab, too deep to find hard snow for a deadman, or ice for a screw.
Word is that serious windslabs were forming on the ridge at Bridger today, not a good sign for other areas as well.
Watch for loose slides in the new snow. This may be enough to set off windslab underneath.
At present there are still isolated pockets of windslab particularly on aspects lee to the westerly quarter.
One of the supporting Army mountain guides headed to the opposite slope where a windslab came down recently.
Ridgetop winds were blowing from the north scouring north faces or giving them a slight windslab.