Post artic outflow windslabs
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Nice video embed above in link of touchy slab in St Helens area
This isn't representative of anything other than a windslab issue but appropriate enough following a classic artic outflow.
There'll now be variable depths, stoutness and weakness of slab present. Because the winds have been so gusty and due to the nature of SW BC micro terrain the N and NE facing winds will have slabbed up all sorts of terrain. But it will slab opposite to the standard typical storm winds we get so the slabs can catch parties who're unaware.
Some things I think about following an artic outflow.
The storm slab can propogate a lot and tends to be at the start zones of typical paths (but not always). The typical bro ski cut or cornice bomb the start zone and happily gut full path might not be the best call.
You got to flip what you think about aspect 180 degrees. Which can be really hard but not impossible.
A return to typical SW storm snow on deposited NE wind slab is particularly tricky as everything looks so enticing. But now the N facing goods have potential trigger points all over the place.
Anyhow. TL:dr. Typed while flat on back recovering from manflu. I got pics of a 3.5 triggered from reverse loaded NE windslab that managed to be cohesive enough to pull me off my feet where i was on a "safe zone" so am consequently a touch wary. Anyone else want to add stuff?
