Natural activity is decreasing but human triggering is a very real possibility. Stick to conservative terrain for a few days and let the snowpack adjust to the new load.
Weather Forecast
Sunday may see a few cm of new snow overnight with temperatures cooling slights and winds becoming more moderate out of the SW.
Avalanche Summary
Several natural avalanches were observed up to sz 3 mainly on N and E aspects in alpine areas. These slabs were up to 1m deep and 300m wide running to the top of their normal runouts. The majority of the avalanche activity looks to have occurred mid storm. A few smaller slabs were observed in thin treeline snowpack areas failing at ground but running far due to the widespread faceted base.
Snowpack Summary
The storm snow (40-50cm) that we received over the past few days is beginning to settle and SLOWLY strengthen. Shears with the upper snowpack and at the storm snow interface have tightened up but we still have a big concern for the weak facetted base that persists everywhere. New winds slabs should be expected in open wind affected areas in the alpine especially on N and E aspects. Moderate sudden collapse failures within the basal facets indicate the snowpack is still ripe for human triggering. Give the snowpack time to strengthen and stick to mellow low consequence terrain.
Problems
Wind Slabs
Wind Slab avalanches are the release of a cohesive layer of snow (a slab) formed by the wind. Wind typically transports snow from the upwind sides of terrain features and deposits snow on the downwind side. Wind slabs are often smooth and rounded and sometimes sound hollow, and can range from soft to hard. Wind slabs that form over a persistent weak layer (surface hoar, depth hoar, or near-surface facets) may be termed Persistent Slabs or may develop into Persistent Slabs.
Deep Persistent Slabs
Deep Persistent Slab avalanches are the release of a thick cohesive layer of hard snow (a slab), when the bond breaks between the slab and an underlying persistent weak layer deep in the snowpack. The most common persistent weak layers involved in deep, persistent slabs are depth hoar or facets surrounding a deeply buried crust. Deep Persistent Slabs are typically hard to trigger, are very destructive and dangerous due to the large mass of snow involved, and can persist for months once developed. They are often triggered from areas where the snow is shallow and weak, and are particularly difficult to forecast for and manage.