I saw a number of storm slabs and sluffs within the new snow that came down during the storm yesterday. None appeared to be more recent than yesterday. (See photos below). The snow seemed to have settled quite a bit from yesterday. I did not get onto anything steeper than about 32 degrees but slope cuts did not produce anything on small rollovers. I saw terrain between the trailhead at 7,000' and the highest elevation around 10,000'. The upper ridge lines above 10,500' were quite wind blasted from the wind at the beginning of the storm yesterday. I'm guessing most of the storm slabs and sluffs came down during the high precipitation intensity and wind events during the storm. I'm uncertain of the weak layers because I'm not nearly as motivated to dig on the fracture lines of avalanches now that I'm retired. (You'll have to take it up with my wife and field partner--good luck with that.)

From the other observations, it's clear that the thin areas and/or repeater slide paths are a whole different animal than what I've been skiing in my conservative terrain choices. I was not in any areas that were probably repeater slide paths but I was across the valley from the Red Baldy shoulder that slid last week and there was no fresh avalanches on it, but there was no one up there provoking it either. I would definitely avoid any shallow areas or repeater slide paths with faceted snow just below all this storm snow. Especially with the added weight forecast for tonight and Wednesday, it might overload many of these fragile snowpacks. But the deeper areas seem pretty settled out and relatively stable, at least the places I've been going this past week. This is not based on snow profiles but just many probe poles and hasty arm pits. With more weight added tonight, it should keep things interesting on Wednesday.