Quick report
Large pockets of loose slow prone to letting loose, where loaded via wind especially.
Weather
- Cloud Cover
- obscured
- Wind Loading
- moderate
Visibility was variable during ascent, but dropped to "pretty bad" after summiting.
Snowpack
More new snow on this aspect than we observed on the way up the skintrack. Seemed to be failing on the new/old snow interface.
Avalanche
Loaded snow slope below cornice gave way after entering. Carried skier 15-20 feet in shallow slide, skier not buried, no injuries.