With a little loose snow to work with, fresh wind drifts are gonna be today's most obvious and certainly most manageable avalanche problem. Found on steep, leeward slopes in the wind zone above treeline, today's shallow slabs are easy to detect by their fat, rounded appearance and easy to avoid. Simply lose a little elevation and you'll lose the problem.
Less predictable, is any slide that fails on weak, sugary snow near the ground, or what we call persistent slabs. Remember- persistent slabs have the potential to break deeper and wider than you might expect. Steep, rocky terrain facing the north half of the compass and particularly slopes that avalanched near the ground earlier this season should be considered suspect.
Sled triggered avalanche in Gold Hill Basin, that Ted discovered from a week ago. Breaking 150' wide and failing on weak snow near the ground, check out Ted's great write-up here and video below.
GOPR0029 from ted scroggin on Vimeo.