Headed into the Cardiac area from the LCC side today, the wind was blowing from the N down in the drainage but it was cranking especially hard on the ridge line, and moving snow, but it wasn't really slabbing up the new snow except right off the ridge line. Bottom feeding was the norm today but it was especially firm on the S,W, and NW. The chicken heads are welded in place and I quickly learned to avoid them at all costs. There was no new activity noted except sluffing in steep terrain. If the wind continues to blast out of the N the N facing slopes will be scoured too the old frozen surface in their top portions.

photos: chicken head avoidance and new snow depth