Went up the westberg trail via the most direct way to the top. When I was on the steepest part of the slope breaking trail I heard a very loud whoomf and it startled me quite a bit and took a second or two to realize it was the wind loaded slope settling.
At first I thought should I go down? But that seemed like an overreaction because there couldn't of been more than 2 - 2 1/2 feet of snow on the ground. Decided to keep going because the top was less than 10 minutes away, and then heard another whoomf and high tailed it to the top.
Worst case scenario the slope would have given way and possibly could have run into some trees. I saw several fracture lines like the slope wanted to give way, but don't think there was enough. Stay safe out there!
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