Aspen

The snowpack is adjusting to the weight of the recent snow, and strong winds drifted snow onto many aspects. You can trigger an avalanche in the new snow that can step down into layers buried up to three feet deep. A slide that breaks on these layers would become very large and be impossible to escape. Thinner spots in the snowpack like small trees and rocks are likely trigger points that may now be obscured by freshly drifted snow. Strong winds may have loaded snow further down on slopes and into the trees. You can find safer travel options by avoiding wind-loaded slopes and terrain steeper than about 30 degrees with no steep slopes above.