Although becoming less of a threat with time, there are still areas with poor snow structure where you might trigger dangerous hard slab avalanches releasing on buried persistent weak layers. Outlying steep slopes facing the northern half of the compass with generally shallow and weak snow are the most suspect. An avalanche of this type will probably take a pretty big thump to trigger., and the weight of one person on a slope may not be enough, while two or three on sleds might be.... It'll take a bit of probing or digging to determine, but be wary if you find loose sugary snow in the basal layers. Avalanches running on persistent weak layers might be triggered remotely from a distance or worse, from below. Remember that you might very well be the first person or party to test the stability of that big slope this season.. Please report any audible collapsing or whumpfing you may encounter, as this is an important sign of persistent instability.

With all the light powder around, it won't take much wind to build sensitive new wind slabs on the lee side of major ridges and in and around terrain features like cliff bands, sub-ridges, gullies, and scoops. We've seen a slight increase in wind speeds and winds shifted around from the south-southwest overnight. In some areas, stiffer old wind slabs are now buried and hidden by fresh powder. These may be stubborn and could allow you to get out on them before releasing....

We've triggered several loose dry sluffs in steep terrain in the past couple days, a few of these gained a bit of steam as they ran and a couple went pretty far down the slope.... You might encounter more of the same in steep areas today.