Sustained strong southerly winds have been blowing and drifting snow for the past few days, and natural and human triggered wind slab avalanches are likely. At upper elevations, you may find wind slabs on all sides of the compass on the leeward signs of terrain features. Deeper drifts will be found on slopes facing NW-NE-E. Avoid, steep, wind drifted slopes and stay out from under high, steep faces where natural releases from above are likely.

To be honest, I'm uncertain how the new snow will affect buried persistent weak layers in the snowpack. Stability tests over the past week have shown these layers to be mostly non-reactive however, the new load may have brought them back to life. Our primary layer of concern is the early December snow that has turned to weak, sugary facets on top of the October crust. There is also a buried layer of facets that existed near the surface before Sunday's storm. With 1.5" of water weight since then, and heavy wind loading, I'm going to assume these layers are guilty until proven innocent. This means assuming that deep and dangerous, human triggered avalanches are likely

Avalanches within the new snow will be possible on steep slopes on all aspects at mid and upper elevations.