Theoretically speaking, the following must be true for one to keep a constant risk threshhold: When the danger goes up, the terrain choices go down...and when the danger goes down, the terrain choices go up. Which brings me to my outing into Broads Fork yesterday, on the uptrack of a run called Bonkers.
The danger was Low, there were no signs of instability, and yet with a couple snow pits, I just did not like what I was seeing. Test results were not necessarily alarming, but I did not like the strong over weak structure. The last pitch to gain the Broads/Stairs Gulch ridge enters into classic terrain we commonly talk about as a place with potential trigger points: steep, thin, and rocky terrain harboring poor structure. Upper elevation northeast facing. We bailed and went up canyon to find better snow structure and better runout zones. Full observation here. But one doesn't need to be a snow scientist to see the white over gray mess of a snow structure below.
Bottom Line: The terrain probably wouldn't have avalanched, but probably wasn't good enough. Don't fall asleep during an overall Low danger.