We commented that the difference between life/death or triggering an avalanche or not is just a matter of degrees. Any slope steeper than 30 degrees would produce an avalanche and we didn't dare touch any of them. We saw the following slides:

1) This huge naturally triggered avalanche

2) This small naturally triggered avalanche

3) Many very small avalanches we triggered near steep slopes along creeks/gullies

Below is a photo of the setup we're dealing with. On any northerly facing slope and ones that kept soft snow during the mid-winter drought, has a layer of VERY weak facets. This layer is consistently producing very poor stability test results (extended column tests that break with minimal force and propagate across the entire column).

There's simply a TON of new snow and conditions are dangerous. We didn't go near any deeper gully or any big steep slope. Everything we saw today mirrored what I found yesterday except that there's a lot more snow making conditions more dangerous.

I worry about this weekend - conditions won't be as sensitive and the riding will be 5 star; HOWEVER, I think it will remain dangerous and very easy to trigger avalanches.