Use caution and watch for easily triggered new snow avalanches while ascending and descending steep slopes. Travel one at a time through steep terrain over 30 degrees and think about not IF you'll see a new snow avalanche, but where it might take you if you are swept off your feet.

If the sun comes out this afternoon it wouldn't take much for the cold new snow to warm quickly, become wet, and begin producing wet loose avalanches on low elevation slopes and steep southwest to the south to southeast facing slopes today.

Signs that wet avalanches could start happening include; seeing snowballs or pinwheels roll downhill with increasing frequency, and seeing upper layers of snow become increasingly wet. Pay attention to changing conditions.

With even a small bump in winds, all of the low-density soft snow available for transport will continue to form sensitive slabs of wind-drifted snow on all mid and upper-elevation slopes. These soft slabs will be most pronounced on lee-ward facing slopes, but elevated winds can load any aspect because winds swirl and change direction as they pass through the mountains, this is known as cross-loading.

Look for cracking, collapsing, and rounded pillows of new snow, and avoid steep terrain where you could trigger them.

Cornices will be sensitive today and may break further back than you anticipate.