With so much new snow to blow around, the wind drifted snow problem is the main concern. Winds from the south, southwest and even some southeast have been fairly steady the last few days and slopes on the north side of the compass have been getting heavily wind loaded.

With the snow pack over four feet deep in places it is much harder to trigger an avalanche on the early season weak sugary snow near the ground, but where slopes have stayed thin or slopes that have avalanched earlier this winter those are places to avoid. There are some weak layers buried in the middle of the snow pack that might be reactive form the recent snow and wind. I was getting mixed results in snow pits where this weakness is buried two to three feet deep.