Ridge top winds from the north picked up overnight averaging 20-25 mph. They'll decrease today and shift to westerly and we'll see another mostly calm, sunny day with high temps creeping up to around 30°. We'll see continued benign weather and a gradual warming trend through the week.

Increased northerly winds over night have probably blown a little snow around and there may be a few shallow fresh drifts about. It's now been four days since our whopper of a storm created a dense slab over top of pre-existing weak, faceted snow. Human triggered avalanches failing on this weak layer will gradually become less likely as the snowpack adjusts to the load, but the problem will be with us for some time. The dense snow has made for supportable travel, and you are able to ride above many of the rocks, logs, and stumps, but be advised, it's still low tide out there with only about 2' of overall coverage.

Here's some great drone footage shot by Chris Benson on Nov 27 to give you a birds eye view of how things are looking up there:

Gold Basin SNOTEL site (10,000')