Aspen

You can find dangerous slopes lurking at higher elevations, or on some wind-drifted terrain lower on the mountainsides. You could trigger a deadly slab avalanche if you find the wrong spot on the wrong steep slope. Recently drifted snow may obscure buried trigger points like rocks or areas with a thinner, weaker snowpack on the sides of stiffer slabs. The simple solution is to choose wind-sheltered areas, or slopes less steep than about 35 degrees. On slopes that avalanched previously this season where you find a shallow, entirely weak snowpack, you can push loose avalanches that gouge a foot deep or more.