Wind slabs, wet snow below

I skied to the bottom of the ramp this morning. There was 8-12” of heavy, mostly moist snow from yesterday. Winds were moderate to strong on the ridge and above ~7800’. Mostly cloudy.

There were some fresh, hard wind slabs on the ramp. These may exist for another day or so on high, shady slopes.

Below the new snow, the snowpack was not refrozen. There was a very thin, 1cm crust with saturated wet snow below. There were old wet slides, d2, that ran last week out of the steep terrain south of the ramp. Wet snow avalanche potential could increase quick when temperatures get hot.