Generally stable snow conditions exist but as always, low danger doesn't mean no danger. Here are a few things to consider when traveling in avalanche terrain.
Loose Wet Snow: With warm daytime temperatures, the potential exists for loose wet slide activity on sun exposed slopes. Look for signs of instability such as roller balls or pinwheels, and of course, natural, loose wet slide activity. Stay off of and out from under steep, sun exposed slopes if any of these signs are present, or if the snow is wet and sloppy over your boot tops.
Wind Slab: Extreme, upper elevation, wind exposed terrain still harbors the occasional wind slab. If you push into this type of terrain, carefully evaluate wind rolls, and hard, hollow feeling slabs.
Persistent Slab: In general, snowpits and stabilty tests have shown a stabilization of early February, faceted weak layers. There are however, some isolated areas with weak faceted snow where it may be possible to trigger an avalanche, primarily on upper elevation, northerly aspects. If you find yourself contemplating a steep line in high, extreme, north facing terrain, probe around with your pole, or dig down to look for underlying weak facets. If you find faceted snow, and especially if there is a slab on top of it, reconsider your slope selection.
These faceted snow crystals were found on a NE aspect around 11,500' on a repeat running slide path. Though this condition appeared to be the exception rather than the rule, a strong awareness is warranted in steep, upper elevation, north facing terrain. Close up photo by Brett Kobernik.