Northern swan survey

We bit off a bit of an epic yesterday (4/1) and got nightbushed, so our apologies for the late submission that didn't contribute to 4/2 forecast.  During our Columbia mountain to Krause creek traverse, we found:

• Plenty of sign of widespread avalanche cycles during the tropical period last week. Those were especially loose wet, wet slab/p slabs on northerly tilt aspects near the crest. Most southerlies had probably slid before this most recent warming or debris had melted significantly.
• On a NE slope at 7000', we observed multiple avalanches that may include up to 4 problem types! (See photo 1).  Cornice fall and/or many loose wets stepped down to a wet slab release midway down the slope.  Afterwards, judging by the fact that cracks were not filled in by debris, multiple glide cracks opened up.
• Ski quality stayed low since the southerlies never corned up, mostly cloudy conditions persisted all day.  Traverse quality was high, especially sidehilling. Ski crampons are a great tool.
• Snow surface was boot supportable crust in almost all places, in line with thick crust reported elsewhere.
• cornices had shrunken and mostly failed already, at least in this part of swan crest.  Up to 1" of new snow in sheltered areas from Thursday evening showers.  No signs of instability and absolutely a low danger day.