On east to northeast aspect steep slopes it was still possible to trigger shallow loose snow avalanches when skiing steep gullies and breakovers. One small slide was triggered by a skier in our party, he just skied off to the side and watched it go for about 200 vertical. I saw a skier on a steep line in High Pockets trigger a fairly substantial loose snow avalanche/sluff while he was descending a steep ridge line. Again the skier just skied off to the side and the slide went by without consequence. These slides are big enough that they could be problems if they hit you above a cliff band or rock outcropping, but otherwise they are manageable.

Snow on the north side of the compass was still excellent today, but everything from due east and southward was developing at least a zipper crust.