Drifting of yesterday's fresh snow from sustained west and northwest winds yesterday afternoon and overnight created pockets with dangerous wind slab avalanche conditions at upper elevations. You are likely to trigger fresh wind slabs and/or cornice falls in steep drifted upper elevation terrain today. Watch for and avoid stiffer wind deposited snow on the lee side of major ridges and in and around terrain features like sub-ridges, cliff bands, and steep walled gullies. Ridge top cornices might break further back than expected, and cornice falls could trigger more dangerous slab avalanches on steep slopes below.

Isolated persistent slab avalanches up to 2 feet deep, failing on weak sugary faceted snow or basal layer depth hoar are unlikely but remain possible in outlying areas with shallow and poor snow structure. The added weight from yesterday's drifted snow and/or rain might be enough to activate buried dormant weak layers in some areas and dangerous triggered avalanches are a possibility you can not discount. Whumpfing is a red flag indicating potential persistent slab instability.

The danger of wet avalanches at lower elevations is diminishing with the aid of much cooler overnight temperatures. But you'll still need to wary of steep lower elevation slopes with rain saturated snow until they are solidly refrozen.. Solar warming of yesterday's fresh snow on sunny mid and upper elevation slopes will increase the chances of triggered moist sluffs....