Snow is a lot like people and it gets irritable when it goes through a rapid change. But, over time it adjusts and becomes happy in it's own skin. The tricky part is the in-between. So... think Tom Petty here and realize, The Waiting is the Hardest Part. For today, as the snowpack still adjusts to yesterday's rapid load of new snow and wind, steep wind drifted slopes will be in a tenuous balance and reactive to our additional weight. And since the sun and some warming temperatures jump into the mix and sit in for an impromptu jam, they'll throw a wild card at Tom's setlist, adding a familiar, yet pronounced, spring-time variation on an old tune. There's a lot of moving parts, but where the rubber hits the road is... once triggered, I think today's avalanches have the potential to break deeper and wider than you might expect. There's no reason to mess around and pull the avalanche dragon's tail today, because there's plenty of great riding out there on lower angle slopes, especially those with no overhead hazard.

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