Overnight, the southerly winds picked up again and I am always shocked how the wind can find snow to drift, especially along the high ridge lines. Look for clues you’re in the wind zone, such as an eroded patterned snow surface or new cornices and rounded, smooth drifts. These new wind slabs, or drifts, will be on the lee sides of ridge crests and around terrain features, like gully walls and sub ridges, especially at the upper elevations. Avoid areas where the wind has drifted the snow into new wind slabs. Recent reports from the Ogden mountains found here.