The new snow was not near as touchy on Thursday as it was on Wednesday. This is typical with fresh snow. It is the most unstable when it is falling and stacking up fast especially with a little wind involved. Then it tends to stabilize rapidly and is quiet after a couple of days. Give it another day and the new snow will probably be stable.

There's still a chance a person could trigger a slide that breaks deep into the Persistent Weak Layer of faceted snow from December. Chances are becoming less and less but it still gives me concern. The most likely places to trigger a deep avalanche are in the mid and upper elevation very steep slopes that face west, north and east where the overall depth of the snowpack is shallow, say 3 feet deep or less. If you notice that you are punching through deep into sugary snow underneath you, this is a clue of unstable snow. Collapsing or "whumpfing" of the snowpack underneath you is also a clue.