At the height of yesterday's storm it was going off and avalanches within the freshly drifted storm snow were easily triggered before you could even get to steep terrain. Today's drifts won't be nearly as sensitive, but they may be a little more connected than you might expect and once triggered, they'll be packing a punch. Easy to detect by their fat round appearance, today's slabs are found on the leeward side of upper elevation ridges and around terrain features like chutes and gullies.

While not widespread, but harder to detect, there are swaths of sugary snow near the ground, especially in upper elevation terrain facing East, North, and Northeast. The additional weight of yesterday's snow along with a warming trend, combines a few essential ingredients to bring these dormant weak layers back to life. Once triggered, today's avalanches have the potential to break to weak snow near the ground, particularly in steep, rocky terrain. A slide of this nature could quickly get out of hand and certainly is unmanageable. With all the good options for riding today, there's no reason to pull on the dogs tail. A little patience goes a long way in the mountains... it's spring after-all and in a few days the avalanche danger will become more predictable.