Collapsing and cracking and avalanches that continue to happen tell me that the persistent weak layer of facets under the new snow (photo below) will still produce soft slab avalanches today. The likelihood of these avalanches is creeping down. This weak layer is widespread below and near treeline. Above treeline it also exists but in an uneven and variable pattern. Try to imagine the old snow surface prior to last week's snowfall - above treeline it was incredibly variable. In terms of aspect, this layer is mostly found on northerly and east facing slopes. It exists on southeast slopes as well. It doesn't appear to be widespread on west facing, but Dave Garcia found it yesterday on a west aspect, and it produced unstable results in his stability tests.

Very warm temperatures this week may eventually have a stabilizing effect on this weak layer, but the thick layer of new snow above it will also keep it insulated from the heat and limit the healing. The catch 22 is that warm temps also help to consolidate the new snow into a more cohesive slab that can better communicate a fracture through this weak layer. It's a tricky situation, but for now I still don't trust it and would be very conservative in my decision making.