1. Not much going on today, other than the winds becoming gusty and increasing the hazard along the exposed ridgelines. I did notice some of these aprons around the higher terrain have started to fill-in. A nice natural avalanche cycle occurred back when we received a nice shot of snow in December and looks like recent wind slabs avalanched naturally as there was fresh debris on the snow surface.
2. The winds have continued to work over the higher terrain, stripping the windward slopes and depositng onto the lee ward side.
In my snow pit the slab did not have the snap or energy, but a fracture or crack still propagated across the column indicating the potential for an avalanche to be triggered. The photo does not show real well the fracture that propagated across the column in the very weak sugary snow near the ground.
