Pulpits conditions

Skied South aspects off of Pulpit 1 and East facing chutes off of Pulpit 2. We found good snow on sheltered TL and BTL slopes. South aspects were becoming moist in the top 10cm by 1130 and skiing well, by 1230 the sun had gone behind the headwalls shading the pulpits and a 2cm breakable crust appeared on solar aspects. We found new surface hoar up to 10mm on the approach to the pulpits, largest at our trailhead at Hector Viewpoint and on the south shore of Hector Lake. At Hector Viewpoint we found the Jan 3 PWL: 8mm surface hoar buried 25 cm down, producing CTE6/7 sudden planer fractures on compression tests. We did hasty pits throughout the day looking for the surface hoar but didn't find it elsewhere, distribution seems quite spotty. Observed 1 avalanche in motion at 1607 coming off the headwall above pulpit 2 running into the fans. Looked to be a sz1.5 windslab, suspect cornice triggered. Also observed multiple new wet looses to sz 1.5 on the West aspect of Little Hector starting from rocks warming in the sun. Plenty of glide cracks at the tops of the fans where they meet the headwall. We were surprised to see no temperature crust in the area, just suncrusts. Car thermometer read -17c at the trailhead in this morning, and -20c around Bow lake at 0630 yesterday so running theory is that cold nights have faceted it out.