Soft slab and loose avalanches involving new snow are likely on slopes steeper than about 30 degrees, even in sheltered terrain. Natural avalanches are most likely to occur during periods of particularly heavy snowfall. Storm slab avalanches could travel fast and far today.

Drifting from northwest wind continues at upper elevations this morning, and wind drifted snow is causing dangerous avalanche conditions in exposed terrain. Dangerous natural and triggered avalanches are likely. As drifts built up and continue to build on slopes with buried persistent weak layers, dangerous avalanche conditions are likely to persist for a while.

The shallow snow near the ground in many areas is loose, sugary, and faceted. Avalanches on buried persistent weak layers could be remote triggered on steep slopes with shallow snow and poor snow structure, you might trigger one from a distance, or below. The weak faceted snow will cause slopes to be unstable as they are overloaded by rapid accumulations of new snow and drifting from today's storm. A smaller new snow or wind drifted snow avalanche might step down into old snow as it descends and become large and dangerous. The sugary snow will remain weak and many slopes will probably stay unstable for a while.