Small, Reactive Windslabs on Fireplug

Did a DP tour of Fireplug this morning in the Rose area. Near the saddle at the top of the skintrack on a southerly aspect of Fireplug, our crew observed tiny, yet reactive windslabs. The weight of a skier triggered propagating fractures across the superficial slabs (1-3 inches thick), which skittered down the wind textured surface beneath us. Strong N/NW winds transported whatever cold snow (less than 2 inches) remaining on the ground from cooler, more sheltered N aspects, onto more southerly aspects. In areas that had more snow available for transport to frozen, sun and wind crusted surfaces on southerly aspects, these slabs could have been larger, posing more of a concern.