The storm was still moving in this morning and the snow and wind did not get going until late morning and heavier around 2pm.
The snow pack around Gold Hill is still a little on the thin side and mostly soft weak sugary snow. Once a slab is stacked on top of this, dangerous avalanche conditions would be more likely.
Winds were creating these shallow but sensitive wind slabs on the lee ward side of the ridge lines, mainly north and northeast facing slopes. I would imagine by tomorrow these will be a little deeper and more connected as the storm continues.
Found a couple old crowns along the Gold Hill ridge line. The bigger one I'm guessing was from a cornice fall that triggered a fairly connected slab that propagated around the corner and further up the ridge line. Just the right place where it is steep, thin and rocky and likely full of weak sugary snow.
