The shallow snowpack continues to weaken as more time goes on without any new snow. The longer this goes on, the weaker the current snow on the ground becomes. Once this weak snow is buried, it is likely to act as a weak layer and cause avalanches.

The winds finally picked up a bit but not an extreme amount. As we were riding along the Skyline Drive at around 10,000', our tracks were getting filled in a bit from the wind. The wind had drifted enough snow to make a small cornice fall naturally in upper Staker.

There were a number of other fresh drifts that had formed over the faceted sugary snow near the ground. These might be sensitive if you were to walk or jump on them. As I stated above, these fresh drifts are in areas where it is unlikely people are traveling right now.