The persistent slab avalanche problem is a tricky one, and our large area and limited number of observations leads to a lower level of confidence than we would like to have in dropping the danger for this problem to LOW. The deeper buried facet layers are strengthening in areas with deeper snow packs, and reports continue to come in that the buried surface hoar layers are strengthening as well. While the likelihood is low for an avalanche to be triggered, the size would likely be large and deadly, and it would likely release above the trigger. While variability is great across slopes, likely trigger points are where the snowpack is most shallow.