Lots of snow out there and it was pretty high density at the beginning. It may look inviting, but this load will step down and trigger our deeper persistent weak layers if the right trigger is found. Today there were multiple natural avalanches observed including one with crown depth of 127-186 cm that stepped down to our December 16 rain crust which has facets growing on it. The deepest crown observed also took out a 18' diameter tree. There is definitely potential for some large destructive avalanches. The Persistent Weak Layer is still out there acting like a loaded gun, just waiting for someone to pull the trigger.

Lots of snow available for transport right now. If we see the winds pick up this could create large wind slabs that will have the potential to over load our recovering snow pack and create LARGE avalanches. Like the naturals that were produced over night in storm slabs, with enough loading we could potential see another natural cycle with large destructive avalanches. The Persistent Weak Layer is still out there acting like a loaded gun, just waiting for someone to pull the trigger.