The strong wind drifted quite a bit of snow during the last storm. Enough to cause natural avalanches within the new snow. Often, these new snow instabilities settle and stabilize rapidly. However, things may still be unstable today. It's been less than 24 hours since the storm let up. I'd give the snowpack a day before getting onto steeper terrain.

Cornices will be quite large in places and should be avoided today. Many of these will break if provoked by a person. These will also stabilize over time.

It is unknown if there was any significant avalanche activity that broke into the old November Persistent Weak Layer. During fieldwork over the last few days, I did not come across anything alarming. With better visibility today, we should be able to get a look around and see if any natural avalanches broke deep. Since there are still questions about the deeply buried faceted layer from November, I would continue to avoid the steeper northerly facing terrain today. My hope is that we don't find any avalanches that broke deep. If this is the case, we can probably dismiss the old weak layer for the time being.

With sun and warm temperatures expected today, I'm guessing we'll see some loose wet natural avalanches on the steep southerly facing slopes. If you notice that the snow is really wet and you're seeing rollerballs or pinwheels, avoid being on or below steep slopes. Stay out of deep ravines and gullies where the snow is becoming wet.