Observation: Days Draw

Skiing N->SE aspects today I noted next to no slab formation. Even ski-checking steep covexities, this 5' crack in a very soft slab was the most I could find (Pic 1).

This will change, however, when tomorrow's sun affects solar slopes producing wet loose results and warming new snow into more of a slab. Increasing winds may also contribute to new snow slabbing.

The only activity I saw today was natural dry-loose evidence on steep slopes from mid-storm (Pic 2) and easily triggered dry-loose results on slopes over ~35 degrees (Pic 3). For the most part these sluffs ran within the new snow, not on the interface.

High & steep, unsupported, or solar aspects may be a different story and more difficult for the new layer adhere to crust or to stay in place as dry loose grains.