While climbing on skis Thursday, my partner and I did not experience any collapsing or "whumpfing" of the snowpack. This tells me that the new snow is settling and the weak snow near the ground is adjusting to it's new load from the last storm. That said, don't get too comfortable. The structure is still "strong snow over weak snow" and anytime you have faceted (sugary) snow buried in the pack, you should be very suspicious. The chances for triggering an avalanche will continue to decrease each day but make no doubt, you can still trigger an avalanche today.

Bottom line: I'm not trusting steep slopes.