Most instabilities within the most recent storm snow appeared to have settled out quickly but there is a lot of new snow around. Continue to be aware ot the possibility for long running, loose snow sluffs in steep terrain. Utilize test slopes and see how the snow is behaving before committing to larger terrain.

About three feet of snow and 3.6 inches of water weight since Sunday has been piled on top of the November persistent weak layer. This has been a significant load test, much more than what the weight of a skier or rider could apply. Prior to this storm, stability tests were largely non-reactive and the weak layer was already deeply buried. No avalanches failing on this layer have been observed since the New Year's storm. We are very close to being done with this problem, but we'd like to get around over the next few days and make sure this recent storm didn't produce any surprises. To avoid this potential problem for a few more days, continue to avoid areas of steep, rocky, radical terrain, especially where wind drifted.