Foot of new snow on Andesite.

By early afternoon about 1 foot of new snow had accumulated in wind protected areas on Andesite Peak/Ridge. Cracking about 8 inches above the old/new snow interface was becoming apparent while breaking trail, indicating a developing storm slab problem. Blowing snow existed and we elected not to poke at the larger, wind loaded avalanche paths in the area where we expected to find the wind slab avalanche problem. The smaller, semi-protected wind drifted areas we felt comfortable working with did not hold very cohesive slabs. More cohesive slabs could be felt on the edges of the more exposed wind loaded areas we avoided. 

Snowfall throughout the morning hours had been periodic with lulls and bursts of 2 inches per hour accumulation.