No mo FOMO...

Skipped out on the busy northern Flathead Range, where it looked like 4+" of new snow fell last night, in favor of sunny Stevens Canyon. FOGI (Fear of Getting Infected) and FOIO (Fear of Infecting Others).

• 1-2" of fresh snow drifted in a few spots to 4-6" deep, with no cracking or other signs of instability. 
• Older, harder drifts weren't reactive to stomping or skiing.
• We did trigger several small (D1-1.5) sluffs on a steep, northerly slope at mid elevation. These fanned out and entrained some of the older, faceted snow that was buried last night (Avalanche details tab). 
• The fresh snow remained dry on NW-N-E aspects at mid and upper elevations. We saw one fan of rollerballs on a steep slope below a rock outcrop - a likely spot. 
• A shallow refreeze occurred at low elevations (below 5000 ft), perhaps because the new snow insulated the 4-10" of moist, soft, melt-freeze grains. We produced a few rollerballs in this snow but nothing resembling a hazard. 

Skin wax and ski crampons helped with skinning on sunny slopes. On shady slopes, the facets under the new snow made for some slippery conditions. On our descents, we had cold, light snow on norths and a lot of variety on sunny slopes.