A lingering possibility of triggering a dangerous deep slab avalanche exists in outlying terrain and on isolated slopes with shallow snow cover. The slopes we are concerned with have poor snow structure. Weak sugary or faceted snow near the ground overloaded by a slab layer of harder snow creates a potentially unstable situation. Beware areas that avalanched earlier in the winter, since weak snow remained in the bed surfaces and the areas remained shallow. Weak snow structure exists mainly in areas where the total snow is 3' deep or less. Avalanches are most likely in shallow rocky upper elevation terrain, but the shallow snow is still also weak in many areas at lower and mid elevations. I'm finding propagation in most of my snowpit tests in shallower snow this week, with failures common in loose sugary faceted snow in the basal layers.
***Pay close attention to signs of unstable snow like recent avalanches, whumpfing, and shooting cracks, and be willing to reevaluate your plans. In these conditions you could trigger avalanches remotely, from a distance or worse, from below!