Hard to pinpoint the biggest concern out there right now. I guess the scariest thing to me is the chance of triggering an avalanche that breaks into deeply buried weak layers. Wind loading will certainly enhance the chances of this. There are still lots of areas that have a shallow and weak snowpack where a fresh wind load will make things dangerous.

The condition of the snow near the ground is unknown in avalanche paths that have already avalanched earlier this winter. There is a good chance that there is weak sugary faceted snow present near the ground in these paths. Many of them are now loaded back in enough where they could avalanche again.

Some areas now have a deep enough snowpack where the old weak snow is gaining strength and probably won't avalanche at this point.

The biggest problem is distinguishing between shallow areas, areas that have already avalanched and areas where the pack is strong. The only real choice is to let this storm do it's thing and avoid the steep slopes for a bit.

I was not able to prod at many wind affected areas today to get a feel of how sensitive they are. The new snow alone out of wind affected areas was well behaved and seemed stable. However, there was enough evidence for me to see that there are some large new drifts and these needed to be treated as suspect on Monday. If the wind does increase, this problem will obviously be enhanced.