Avalanches within the new snow will be likely on steep slopes on all aspects today, and with 16" or more of new snow, these avalanches will be deep enough to bury you. These slides will occur both as loose snow sluffs, and cohesive soft slabs. Blowing and drifting within the new snow will also create deep and dangerous wind slabs. With the help of the wind, natural releases from above will also be likely as accumulating drifting snow reaches it's breaking point. Stay off of, and out from under steep slopes today, and give run out zones a wide berth.

New and drifting snow continues to dangerously overload buried persistent weak layers in the snowpack. Last week saw a fairly widespread cycle with avalanches failing 2'-4' deep on average, with at least one slope breaking up to 7' deep. Slopes that haven't run are primed and ready, and we could see repeaters on slopes that already have. Though it has primarily been a problem on northerly facing slopes, weak, sugary layer are present on all side of the compass, and we are now getting enough of a load to stress them. Bottom line, deep and dangerous, human triggered avalanches are likely on steep slopes at mid and upper elevations.

This has all been covered above, but blowing and drifting snow on all aspects has created dangerous avalanche conditions. Avoid avalanche terrain.