Fresh Wind Slabs on Donner Summit

Short tour today in the Judah zone showed a variety of wind effect in exposed areas. Ridgelines were scoured, with sections of the hard rain crust showing in places. The E/NE winds have deposited a decent amount of snow onto the W/SW aspects. On an obviously wind-loaded pocket, we were able to initiate a small (6') shooting crack that was approx 8" deep. No other signs of instability were observed today. Most aspects were skiing well in the sheltered trees.