The main avalanche issues to watch out for are slabs of wind drifted snow. Winds don't have much snow left to transport, but they were still moving small amounts of snow yesterday. This avalanche problem can be tricky as some drifts and slabs stabilize while others remain unstable. Also with such strong winds, many of these slabs could be quite hard meaning they will let a person get further onto them before they break. Joey Dempster sent this great observation from yesterday.

These wind slabs are best to identify visually as they look smooth, rounded, pillowly, etc and typically exists adjacent to slopes that have been scoured. The photo below is a great example of scouring and with the arrow showing where you'd expect to find a fresh slab that could avalanche. They should be mostly a concern at upper elevations.

Assessing the snowpack in the Provo area mountains in avalanche terrain at mid and upper elevations on NW, N, NE, E aspects (and upper elevation SE) is difficult. Recent natural avalanches have broken at the ground in the Provo mountains, and control work on Sunday at a Cottonwood resort in the Salt Lake mountains produced a slide breaking down 3-4' deep in facets at the ground . Although it is hard to assess the likelihood of triggering one of these avalanches, the consequences of getting involved in one is likely deadly. The only mitigation strategy we have is to avoid avalanche terrain for now.

Photo: Zoomed in view of the natural avalanche that was spotted last week.