Although you may find a pockets of soft snow preserved on a mid to upper-elevation northerly slope, most surfaces are frozen solidly or have been scoured down to an old wind crust where the primary concern today will be slide-for-life conditions* on these slick, frozen surfaces. Although the southwest winds have little soft snow available for transport, you may find shallow pockets of wind-drifted snow in isolated areas, especially on mid and upper elevation slopes facing northwest through south east.

Snowfall should hold off until early evening, but if new snowfall arrives earlier than forecast, a rising avalanche danger is possible with sensitive wind drifts at the mid and upper elevations.

(* Slide-for-life means it would be difficult to stop (or arrest) a fall on a slick surface.)