| 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. |
|
| 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. |
|
| At present there are still isolated pockets of windslab particularly on aspects lee to the westerly quarter. |
|
| The fresh windslab that built up over the weekend is beginning to consolidate. |
|
| 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. |
|
| The hard, smooth surface of windslab is very deceptive, avalanches of such snow are common and have been responsible for many fatal accidents. |
|
| 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 local Lombarde has blasted upper slopes, occasionally closed lifts and deposited windslab, potentially dangerous to off-piste skiers, on lee slopes. |
|
