The new snow came in dense and wet, and makes good slab material. It is bonding well to the old snow surface in some places, and not so well in others. The old snow surface is quite varied. In some places beneath the new snow there is a pencil hard crust underneath. The new snow is not well bonded to this crust and you can get easy hand shears. Reed kicked off a very small storm slab that slid on this slick crust (photo below). You will find the new snow sitting on a hard crust in places that are out the trees and exposed to wind and sun. In other places the new snow is well bonded to the old, especially where the crust is absent. However if you lack the crust, you will most likely find large grained facets underneath. You will find this structure on shady slopes. We found all of these conditions adjacent to Lone Pine. A mixed bag of conditions in a relatively small zone. This leads me to expect a wide variety of conditions on a range wide scale. Shallow storm slabs could be a problem tomorrow. The new snow could slab up a bit more, especially with continued warm temperatures and high humidity. As far as the buried facets are concerned, I don't think we have added quite enough weight for them to fail and cause avalanches. If we pick up another inch of water on Friday these could become active again.