24 hours of moderate to strong winds have drifted the snow at mid and upper elevations. On the shadier, northwest through south easterly facing slopes, the new drifts will be sitting on weak, sugary snow. It will be possible to trigger these new drifts from a distance or from below. Human triggered avalanches likely, failing at the old snow surface or perhaps within the storm snow. Any new cornices along the upper and mid elevation ridgelines will be very sensitive today. Give them a wide berth - travel well back from the edges and avoid travel beneath them.

Even out of the wind, the new snow may not have bonded well to the variety of old snow surfaces, consisting of crusts and preserved sugary facets. Or slides may fail with in the new snow on a mid storm weakness or where there are pools of graupel. Even a shallow new snow slide will pack a punch, due to the dense snow.

The various faceted weak layers in the snowpack may become active once again today, especially in shallow snowpack areas. Examples are slopes that have slid one or more time this year and odd areas such as Lambs, No Name or Snake Creek, with traditionally shallow snow packs. A smaller new snow slide or wind slab could trigger one of these deeper weak layers, producing a large avalanche