The first thing you should look out for is how the new snow is behaving. Watch for cracking around your skis, snowboards or machines. Use small steep test slopes with no consequences to see if you can initiate cracking as you ski or ride across them. Watch for areas where the wind has drifted the snow forming pillows and slabs. These areas are the most likely places to trigger something. All that said, the new snow is really the least of our concerns. See below. .

By far the biggest threat is triggering an avalanche that breaks deep into pre-existing weak sugary layers of faceted snow. These layers have been forming all season and now we are adding weight on top with the new snow and wind blown snow. It is difficult to predict which slopes will release and which will stay in place. The most likley places to trigger a deep and dangerous avalanche are on very steep slopes in the mid and upper elevations that face north through east. Keep in mind that there is plenty of weak layers scattered all over the place right now. The safest bet is to simply avoid steep slopes right now.