Here's where it gets tricky... while many slopes avalanched, there's still plenty more waiting for us to roll along and knock the legs out from underneath. There is no threading the needle. Persistent slab avalanches are unmanageable and the strategy is avoidance. I'm simply avoiding the school of migrating white sharks that are feeding on steep, mid and upper elevation slopes facing the north half of the compass. I refuse to be the guy in the wetsuit that looks like a seal. Eventually the apex predators move on and we'll be good to go... but now is not the time to roll the dice, cause a miscalculation produces a devastating result.

Yesterday's wind teams up with the recent run of ultra light snow, delivering shallow drifts and growing cornice that are hyper-reactive to our additional weight. Multiple layers of wind drifted snow are now camouflaged with even more fresh snow, making them harder to detect. However, you know the drill... keep your eyes peeled for and avoid fat rounded pillows, cornices, and slopes where the snow looks rippled or textured. And remember, even a relatively small avalanche could get quickly out of hand if it steps-down or fails on weak, faceted snow now buried deeply in our snowpack, and that'll pack a bigger punch than you might expect.