On our ascent on the eastern rib of black Bess, cracking was widely noticeable. We ski cut multiple steep yet small isolated terrain features and tear slopes and they consistently produced results, some propagating up to 50 feet across with crowns as deep as 2 feet. Bonding at the new and old snow interface is poor and the new snow has come in upside down. I expect to hear of more activity on SE through SW through W aspects today.