Your biggest concern is triggering and avalanche that breaks into old weak sugary faceted snow near the base of the snowpack. These avalanches will be around 3 feet deep now. The problem exists on upper elevation northwest, north and northeast facing slopes.

HEADS UP!! I suspect the conditions will be more stubborn now compared to last week. Last week, everything you touched would crack and collapse. I expect the collapsing to be much less now. You may not see any natural avalanches from the storm. Recent avalanches, collapsing and cracking are the main red flags we look for and if you are not seeing these, you may tend to think things are not dangerous. MAKE NO MISTAKE that the buried persistent weak layer of sugar will produce avalanches today. Things are going in a good direction for us as far as this weak layer gaining strength and becoming stable. But you need to have some patience until we are certain that conditions are safe.

I saw some natural slab avalanches on Friday that involved only the new snow. They appeared to be failing at the new snow/old snow interface. My guess is this problem will have settled out and the new snow itself will be stable. However, we've had some wind and fresh drifts may be unstable.

The message here is that stability is improving but dangerous conditions still exist today. Use caution. Let all the new snow settle and stabilize before hitting anything big.