We didn't observe any avalanche activity over the last two days. Weather on Saturday will not increase avalanche danger. Things are generally stable. It's possible you could find a small pocket that might release if you were on a very steep upper elevation slope that has been loaded by wind, but this is an outlier.

Overall, the snowpack does not look too bad. You can find relatively weak snow near the ground in the deeper snowpack areas but it is not a huge concern right now. However, this could be concerning with a significant additional snow and/or wind. This is not in the near forecast.

We looked at a number of north facing avalanche paths that avalanched before Christmas. The snowpack is obviously more shallow in the bed surfaces, only around 1 1/2' deep. There has been some weakening (faceting) that's occurred over the last week of high pressure, but it's not alarming. Had temperatures been colder during this past week, the snow would have become much weaker.

Overall, the snowpack remains supportable in most locations we traveled. The surface is not particularly loose in the majority of starting zones right now.

For this weekend, anticipate mostly stable conditions and a LOW avalanche danger.