Went to White Baldy in search of dry settled powder and figured High N was the place to find it after yesterdays hot windless day. I was thinking it was going to be even hotter today but like I said before the wind and the high clouds kept things cool in the alpine. Noted a bunch of wet activity that happened yesterday on W facing slopes at mid elevation in Red Pine Gulch, but not much on the E facing. There was quite a bit of wind damage in the high alpine, mainly on E and NE facing. Seemed like the wet activity was in the low range today but the wind was building pockets of wind slab that would sometimes crack but not move. The upper reaches of White Baldy were wind scoured or stastrugi, mostly soft settled powder on the rest of the slope with a couple pockets of wind crust. Not sure what the temperatures are going to be tomorrow but wind slabs that were formed today might be the thing to look out for tomorrow. Cracking out even a small wind slab in steep confined terrain can lead to serious problems sometimes, same goes for point releases or wet activity.

Photos: wet activity from yesterday in Red Pine Gulch, SW winds building wind crusts and wind slabs on White Baldy, high north still dry and creamy today might be a different story tomorrow if the wind continues to blow.