Moderately strong, ridgetop winds ushered in yesterday's much needed shot of storm snow. However, before we get too stoked on the idea of freshies, we need to remember that newly formed drifts stacked up on a variety of old snow surfaces, some of them quite hard and slick. Since ridgetop winds blew from a north and northeast direction, you'll find the majority of fresh wind drifts on upper elevation, leeward slopes facing the south half of the compass. Pretty straight-forward... right? Indeed it is, but winds do crazy things in mountainous terrain so I'd also approach cross-loaded chutes and gullies with caution. In either case, today I'd look for and avoid fat, rounded pillows of snow, especially if they have a chalky texture or sound hollow like a drum.