Small Wind Slabs on Carpenter Peak

We traveled out to Carpenter Ridge to see if we could find newly formed wind slabs from a period of moderate to strong S/SW winds that occurred overnight.  Snow coverage is sufficient to travel up to this area via snowmobile.  Note that a logging operation is actively working this area and plowing some of the access roads interfering with some travel and parking options.  Winds were mostly calm to light today with no snow transport.  There was evidence of wind loading overnight with small cornice formation and wind slabs on N-NE-E aspects.  These wind slabs were small and mostly non reactive today.  There remains plenty of snow available for transport on windward slopes for further wind loading to occur when winds start to increase overnight and through tomorrow.  Below 7800' the snow surface was wet in many areas with treed areas dripping along with snow bombs.  Above 8000' snow was much more light and dry.