The northwest wind continues to be active, with plenty of low-density snow blowing around. Because of this, I would expect sensitive drifts of windblown snow across all mid- and upper elevations. These avalanches will be soft slabs of wind-drifted snow that could be extra sensitive because they either formed over a slick sun crust (sunny side) or our weak and faceted snow surface (shady side). These avalanches could be 1-2 feet deep (see recent activity).

On northerly facing terrain, any avalanche you trigger has the chance of stepping down into deeper weaker layers. Out of the wind, I would look for dry-loose avalanches in all steep terrain.

It's only been two days since someone triggered a slab avalanche on our buried persistent weak layer. On Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, we saw slab avalanches remotely triggered and human-triggered on this weak layer. I need more than a day or two of no avalanche activity before I trust this problem. I continue to avoid steep slopes on the shady side of the mountain (see locator rose). Yes, avalanches are becoming less likely on this layer, but the consequence remains deadly.