We rode several areas in the Tony Grove area today. The first area we rode was this small East facing slope at about 8600 ft. There was obvious wind loading along the ridgeline and we expected it to slide a bit. We ran into similar situations on other slopes with similar aspect and wind loading. The newly loaded snow was rather sensitive and we had a lot of shooting cracks and small slides along ridgelines. We stayed on mellow terrain the rest of the day and enjoyed the new snow.