Just like today's forecast warned "be careful about cornices breaking further back than expected. A party of three, in front of us, was skinning up the ridgeline on the lower west side of Mineral Fork, NEE aspect. They were about 6' back from the edge, when the second and third member unintentionally collapsed a 6-8' thick cornice, 15' wide, right to their skin track. The skiers were able to step away. Several refridgerator sized blocks ran up to 450', entraining only shallow new snow, through some trees, that would have really hurt.