We still have multiple persistent weak layers in our snowpack. The good thing is while some of the layers are reactive to compression tests (63cm down was the buried surface hoar), we received no results from ECTs on both Rodeo and cutler Ridge today in the 7000ft range on both NNE and ESE aspects. If you dig deep enough you can trigger a well consolidated slab that was reactive to shovel shears and failing on the Dec 16 rain crust that is very deep. These avalanches are getting harder and harder to trigger, but the consequences of triggering a deeper persistent layer would catostrophic.

Lots of loose dry snow out there making for fantastic riding conditions, I hesitate to call it storm slabs as we are now 72hrs out from our last snowfall. Normal caution should be taken and consider the effects of not managing sluff or our soft snow problems that will potentially drag you into more consequential terrain.