It's not a huge s
Camp Jackson and Buckboard SNOTEL sites are reporting 5"-7" of new snow since Friday night and this could translate to as much as 8"-10" up high. SW winds yesterday evening blew in the 15-35 mph range with gusts in the 30's but they'ce been mostly calm since around midnight. Today, look for mostly cloudy skies with a slight chance for snow, light westerly winds, and high temps in the upper teens. A final shortwave will bring another chance of snow on Monday with dry and sunny conditions on Tuesday. Another system on Wed looks like it will affect areas primarily to the north.
Snowpack
It's not a huge load of new snow but given the fragility of the underlying snowpack, I think it's enough for a return to dangerous conditions and human triggered avalanches, 1'-2' are likely. The problem is a buried persistent weak layer of loose, sugary, faceted snow that formed during the extended period of high pressure in Jan-Feb. Starting last week, this weak layer has been getting buried and a slab 1'-2' deep exists on top. New and wind drifted snow has added more stress to this weak layer and all that is needed is a trigger. This problem exists primarily on slopes facing NW-N-NE-E but outlying problems may exist on W and SE facing slopes.
