Tour on Silver Peak

We toured Silver Peak from Olympic Valley. We planned to avoid north-facing sheltered terrain, although it might offer the best ski quality right now that is where the persistent slab lurks. On the tour up we saw little to no signs of instability. We skied NW face of Silver Peak. The snow was wind-affected above treeline but skied well at treeline. We skied back to the car via Silver Peak West aka Gold Peak skiing solar aspects. The ski quality was variable but not bad, it was firm and variable until the treeline and then skied well until below the treeline. Below treeline we set off some pinwheels and roller balls. In the trees the snow surface was not as supportable and this is where pinwheels and roller balls were observed. We did not find a great place to cross the creek on this tour and had to jump across. Looking around the top of Silver Peak no avalanches were observed. Solars offered decent skiing and it should continue to improve with another melt-freeze cycle as some areas were punchy. Best skiing was found on solar aspects that had been previously wind loaded, where the snow was the most supportable.