Drifting of Sunday's fresh snow from sustained west and northwest winds yesterday afternoon and overnight created pockets with heightened wind slab avalanche conditions at upper elevations. You could trigger fresh wind slabs and/or cornice falls in steep drifted upper elevation terraina 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.

Rapid warming today could loosen wind slabs and cornices at upper elevations and increase the chances of triggering avalanches. Solar warming of Sunday's fresh snow on sunny mid and upper elevation slopes will increase the danger of loose wet avalanches, and you are likely to trigger moist or wet sluffs if you venture on steep slopes with saturated fresh snow....