Text Box: 1-9-07, Natural Wind Slabs + Rime Toby Weed

 

 

 

 

 

 

A snag with rime deposit near the summit of Naomi Peak

 

A small natural wind slab avalanche in Castle Rock near Naomi Peak.  The slope at ~9600' faces northeast.

 

Distant crown on an upper elevation southeast facing slope in the Mount Naomi Wilderness

 

More evidence of natural wind slab avalanches on the Southwest face of Magog

 

This wind drift on a northeast facing roll at around 8300' cracked over the weekend but did not avalanche.

 

 

Text Box: → Text Box: + Text Box: □ I tried to build a house of cards with large flakes of brittle rime-crust harvested from the snow surface.  This nasty stuff could easily cause future avalanche problems.

 

Text Box: CT 12, Q2- moderate and clean shear on small faceted crystals formed when on the surface in the first few days of 2007 Text Box: Wind slabs released on this layer?

Naomi Peak, East Face 9750', 35 degree slope