Moderate winds out of the north and northwest continue to move snow around at and above treeline, yet low relative humidities will trend for this newly wind transported snow to sublimate to the atmosphere.

The active pattern from earlier in the week is getting farther away, allowing for wind slabs formed during those snow and wind events to become less apt to avalanche naturally and more stubborn for human triggered avalanches.

There is still concern for triggering persistent slabs. The pre-frontal winds from February 19th, allowed for a definitive dust mark in some areas of the La Sal Mountains. Not only have facets developed below this layer, there is a layer of buried near surface facets (old recycled snow) associated with it. This weak layer is sandwiched between two harder snow layers. Buried less than a meter deep, this weak layer can be triggered from a backcountry enthusiast.

As the day's warm up, there will be an increased chance of wet loose snow avalanches to occur naturally or be triggered from a backcountry traveler. Although smaller in size, these avalanche may push you into a terrain trap that could pose some risk.