Champsaur — Avalanche Forecast

Persistent Slab

Below 2500m

Wind Slab

Above 2500m

Storm Slab

All elevations

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INSTABILITY INCREASING WITH SNOWFALL Triggering: above 2800/3000 m, existing slab structures, others forming with wind-driven snowfall. Present in all aspects. Easy to trigger by a skier, sometimes remotely (presence of persistent weak layers). Size generally medium, even large in the north-facing wide area at very high altitude. Between about 2400/2500 m and 2800 m, a few slab structures forming, more particularly in wind snow accumulation zones. Instabilities easy to trigger. Size generally small. Natural releases: at high altitude, a few releases on steep slopes, sometimes in the form of a slab, especially during the snowfall from Saturday night to Sunday, more rarely on Sunday during the day with wind transport. Size medium, even large.

Snowpack assessment: good snow cover at high altitude for the season. Snow measurements: 22 cm above Prapic at 2500 m. Skiable snow depth limit: there is no base layer below 2500 m. Rocks remain only shallowly buried. Condition of the surface snow: fresh snow locally wind-affected, in significant amounts in the heart of the massif, resting on hard/re-frozen snow up to about 2800 m, and on wind-worked dry snow at higher altitude.