There was a few days of poor weather and a reasonable storm at the end of last week. A decent amount of snow fell, 5-10cm depending on the altitude, and with strong winds this has left lee slopes with plenty of snow. A slab avalanche with a crown wall of 1m, 150m wide, was reported being released by climbers on a southern aspect at about 5500m on Huayna Potosi (to the north of the normal route). Care will need to be exercised for the next week or two on wind loaded aspects. On eastern aspects slopes have settled with the last several days of good weather. Expect some deeper drifts and crusts that may be supportive early but melt out as the day goes on. Note the cornice formation in the photo below.

Climbers descending the normal route of Huayna Potosi 27 May.

The lower eastern facing rock faces are mostly snow free but higher faces now have snow on all the ledges, as seen on the east face of Pico Italiano in the photo below. This should clear over the next couple weeks.

Pico Italiano from the south east 27 May

There is snow almost down to the Zongo Pass, seen in the pic below by the lake, on the Huayna Potosi side but the Charquini side is clear of snow.

Middle peak of Pico Milluni from High peak. 27 May.