6" of heavy, wet snow containing more than 1.0-1.5" of water fell at lower elevations on Wednesday with up to 10" likely up high. Under normal temperatures/conditions this would translate to almost double those snow amounts! Warm temperatures over the past few days have helped to settle and strengthen the new snow and winds have been relatively calm. It is still possible to trigger an avalanche on steep, northerly aspects, or anywhere you can detect recent deposits of wind drifted snow. Soft, settled powder can still be found on shady, northerly aspects. Sunny slopes will be crusted over in the morning and may get sloppy as the day heats up. Be alert to signs of loose, wet instability such as roller balls or pinwheels, and sloppy, wet snow, and stay off of and out from under steep slopes when these signs are present.