Upper elevation basins had wind slabs on different aspects and elevations down to about 8,000 feet. These were mostly on larger terrain features well off of ridge lines. We did not achieve any upper elevation ridge lines, but I can only imagine the loading up there to be significant. Cracking did occur in some of these areas, but no movement otherwise.

Intense solar heating was being stymied higher up with winds keeping the snow surface cool, but free water could be seen in cliff bands on eastern aspects and rockfall starting later in the morning. Low down out of the wind wasn't warming as rapidly as I would have guessed, but we were back at the car before a surmised peak in temps.