Front Range

You can trigger an avalanche where winds drifted snow onto easterly and northerly slopes. These slabs may be hard to identify as low-density new snow may disguise the usual rounded pillowy texture. You will likely find unstable snow below corniced ridgelines and along gully walls. If you feel firm, hollow snow that cracks or collapses, you should head to lower-angled or wind-sheltered slopes. The size of avalanche is likely to remain small, but even a tiny slide early season could take you for a nasty ride through shallow buried rocks or off a cliff.