Increasing winds and snow accumulation over the day, moderate snowfall coming in ~2-3cm/hr increasing in the afternoon. New snow is wet but transportable with new wind features forming quickly.
None observed, though a party reported seeing new avalanche activity near Mt. Herman.
15cm new snow over 3cm crust on E slope @ 4800ft by early afternoon. ~100cm of snow between recent crust and late December crust. A compression test showed new snow bonding well with recent crust and hard to trigger something in the older snow.
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Snow was coming in at an angle from the south, expect wind loading on all aspects and look for wind drifts, lips, and stiffness as indicators of wind slab hazard.