In the early morning hours before the temperatures rose, and in areas that were undisturbed by wind, the new snow had settled at least 25%; and this degree of settlement appeared consistent in many locations.

The unusual N - NE winds combined with the warming temperatures appeared to adversely affect the Snow Conditions. The typical good Spring stashes of upper elevation North facing terrain were getting stripped by the "wrap-around" winds. There is still some good very dense settled powder on the steep North facing terrain above 9300 feet. Yet, it appears that you have to be at least 100 to 150 feet down from the Ridgeline because of the previously mentioned wind issues.

All aspects below 9000 feet became damp and or saturated due to the warming and cloud cover.

Exits are now quite treacherous due to the low snow cover, as well as most terrain with aspects on the lower half of the compass.

The riding conditions were much better before noon due to the Cloud Cover, and when the Clouds Broke apart even North facing aspects up to 9300 feet were adversely affected.

The only significant avalanche activity observed occurred on Wednesday during the High PI Rates. There were numerous small Soft Slab Avalanches that appeared to be triggered by excessive sluffing that was pouring off of the steep East and Northeast Facing Honeycomb Cliffs.