Danger level
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Close to ridges isolated fresh small snowdrift accumulations can be prone to triggering.
Avalanche danger is low. Snowdrifts can be problematic. Fresh small snowdrift accumulations can be triggered as small slab avalanches by minimal additional loading. Isolated avalanche prone locations occur in particular in extremely steep ridgeline terrain in E-S-NW aspects. The risks of of being swept outweigh those of being buried in snow masses.
Snowpack
Close to ridges, northerly and easterly winds will generate small snowdrift accumulations which will, however, mostly bond well with the wind-impacted old snowpack surface. Wind-exposed east-facing crests and ridges are frequently heavily corniced. The old snowpack base is stable, at intermediate altitudes moist down to the ground. Terrain at intermediate altitudes which is exposed to wind and sun is often bare of snow or covered only by a few centimeters of snow.