Slides, Slides, Everywhere a slide

We traveled up through Rescue Creek to look at avalanche activity due to the significant warming over the past few days. What we found... 

• Multiple D1 to D2 wet loose slides and roller balls were observed on all aspects and mostly initiated at mid-elevations.  
• We noticed cornice deterioration but did not observe any wet loose avalanches initiating from cornice fall. 
• The snowpack was mainly isothermal, excluding the 15 cm AR rain crust that persists about 50 cm below the snowpack surface. Pooling at the rain crust interface was observed and should be considered a potential point of failure.
• To our surprise, the snow surface had up to half an inch crust, making for some fast travel early in the day and challenging skiing later on.