Only mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the noonday sun

Only mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the noonday sun. Flathead skiers wait for it in these conditions. 

Afternoon tour on the westerly slopes in Wahoo Creek.

• 4-8" recent and/ or drifted snow. This snow is faceting in the cold temperatures. Seems to be happeing more rapidly below treeline. 
• A few spots where the near surface snow felt dense and slabby, except at ridgeline. The slabs were soft, thin (<5"), and brittle. Despite some short cracks (<2'), the slabs we encountered lacked the integrity to carry fracture. 
• Triggered 2 loose snow avalanches on a convex rollover at about 5200 feet. These entrained some snow and on a slope with a long, continuous pitch, might have gotten large enough to catch someone. 
• Upper elevation terrain on Nyack Mtn looked mostly crossloaded. Shadowed, so I couldn't tell if the Nyack and Penrose avalanche factories had produced any widgets. One possible crown across a very steep rib on the east face of Penrose. Not enough of a vew to confirm. No crowns visible on other peaks that were better lit.

We skinned and skied westerly slopes to 40 degrees with no signs of slab instability.