Last Sunday, we had a rash of human triggered avalanches breaking on the weak depth hoar near the ground. And yes, there are still monsters in the basement but they have been mostly dormant through the week. The last storm did not have enough weight to reactivate the depth hoar but I'm sure you can still find a number of slopes where the weight of a person can still trigger a deep, dangerous avalanche.
You can find buried depth hoar on almost all the upper elevation, shady aspects, meaning above about 9,000' that face northwest, north, northeast and east. Since the south and the east facing slopes are still very rocky, it forces everyone to recreate on the upper elevation, north and east facing slopes, which are the exact same slopes with weak, sugary depth hoar near the ground. Continue to choose conservative routes in this terrain.
