On a skin up from the Loop Road to the ridge above the winter trailhead, I encountered at least 5 instances of significant settling accompanied by whoomphs. It appeared that this settling was occurring about 2 feet deep into the snowpack. In one instance, above the winter trailhead, on a north facing slope about a 35* near the ridge, a 15 foot long crack propagated from either side of a small stump (see pic).

I encountered significant wind drifts on leeward slopes up to 4 feet deep.