Aspen

You can easily trigger an avalanche on wind-loaded slopes near and above treeline or on deeper buried weak layers on most slopes. The most dangerous slopes face north through east to southeast where wind is transporting additional snow. You can easily trigger an avalanche on these wind-loaded slopes and it might step down to a deeper weak layer becoming much larger and more destructive. You can find safer travel options by sticking to sunny slopes that have a supportable crust underneath a few inches of new snow or by sticking to slopes less than 30 degrees without steep slopes overhead.