Even though I expected to find more consolidation in the Thurs/Fri snow, I was surpised at how thoroughly the snow had transformed since Friday morning. Even above 9000 feet the snow, which totally lacked cohesion yesterday, had thoroughly bonded with itself, enabling one to cut out and pick up pieces of it, which was utterly impossible 20 hours before. Thankfully, this transformation to a more slab-like consistency, capable of propagating energy, extended all the way to the underlying crust, and the bond to the old snow surface was sufficient to keep the new snow very well behaved again.

The strong sun, however, did create some early warning signs for wet loose avalanches. Large roller balls accompanied everyone in my party as we descended NE facing Eight Ball at about 10am. I'm sure the next several hours cooked the new snow down even further, and I expect a crust to be present on most aspects tomorrow except for the highest elevation N facing.

I would expect tomorrow to be a classic spring day with a good window for skiing in the morning, maybe around 10am, after the crust gets softened but before things get too hot for comfort. With continued warming, at some point, this new snow will become active. It should give plenty of warning before it does so, however, so I'm expecting Low hazard in the morning, with Moderate risk of wet avalanches as the day progresses. Probability of triggering a slab avalanche is Low.