People in the Savoie department are being asked by some local authorities to stay indoors tonight as severe warnings for avalanches are in place for today (April 17). It comes as a person suffered a ...

According to an accident summary published by the Colorado Avalanche Information Center (CAIC), one skier was caught and injured by a wet slab avalanche on Saturday, April 12, on a run called K ...

According to an accident summary published by the Colorado Avalanche Information Center (CAIC), one skier was caught and injured by a wet slab avalanche on Saturday, April 12, on a run called K Chute ...

Over time, this process, combined with additional weight from new or wind-redistributed snow, is the prime culprit in slab avalanches, the most deadly and most common kind. In a safe, stable ...

Once the meltwater gets deeper into the snowpack, Colorado often experiences an “uptick in wet slab avalanche activity when the water reaches previously dry weak layers for the first time,” he added.

Once the meltwater gets deeper into the snowpack, Colorado often experiences an “uptick in wet slab avalanche activity when the water reaches previously dry weak layers for the first time,” he ...

"The thing of it is, predicting when a wet slab will release on a specific slope is nearly impossible. We wouldn't be surprised if you don't see large avalanches on steep slopes tomorrow.

Avalanche Canada is advising people to be aware of the potential for large avalanches, thanks to buried weak layers, and the risk of persistent slab avalanches will increase with each day of warm ...

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