Would add "Avalanche Problem #3" - Wet Slides. At elevations below about 8000' the snow is either saturated from rain or very heavy and wet. Ski cutting test slopes at about 8500' it was quite easy to initiate wet slab avalanches. Photo is exiting skin track where parts of it were obscured from fresh rollerballs and tree bombs.

Quite a mess. Heavy, wet snow with wind loading is likely to bring another round of avalanche activity with lower elevation wet slides, persistent and deep slabs, as well as fresh wind slabs. Would not be surprised to see the expected warming temps trigger wet activity even at mid-elevations where there is some drier snow below the snow surface, as well as upper elevation solar aspects. Am thinking persistent and deep slab instability is currently getting harder to trigger, but any slides would be very large and quite dangerous.

Photos include -

- Cracking in fresh wind drifts

- clean, planar bed surface down about 70 cms from snow surface from excavated pit after performing extended column test (ECT 27 Q1/SC) illustrating facet/crust combo.

With Cottonwood Canyon forecast showing upwards of another half inch of water weight expected, as well as warmer temps, am expecting a High danger for Friday.