Lily Glacier to Dome Col

Great day with unexpectedly good visibility on the Lily Glacier, practicing crevasse rescue skills. No evidence of avalanche instability or activity at TL and BTL. Things got a little spicy in the ALP with winds ranging from light to moderate (gusting to strong) from the S-SW. Ridge top winds were moderate-strong. Our group ski-cut a few SZ1 wind slabs (10-15cm x 30m, ran for 5 m) on the immediate lee of a NE-facing slope. Generally speaking, the cross-loaded W face of Afton/Rampart was stable with no evidence of wind slabs on the up. On the down, however, we triggered two isolated pockets of F+ (soft) wind slabs (Sz 1) higher up on the slope (35deg incline), 10-15cm deep x 20m wide. Ran for 30m. Both remote triggered about 5m away. Overall, tricky pathfinding through a wind slab minefield but still good snow. With winds maintaining their strengths and additional snow loading, I can only imagine things will get worse in the ALP.