5/30, Mt. Hood - Sandy Glacier Headwall

Started too early (~8am) yesterday, having been tipped off the night before about "lots of new snow" I was worried about possible avi danger. I soon figured out on my skin up from Timberline that, the snow was consolidated corn. The Sandy Glacier Headwall is a NW facing aspect, not receiving direct sun until late afternoon. I realized my timing mistake somewhere above Palmer, and snoozed for several hours in a rocky area below Crater Rock.
Must have been around noon, when I hiked up to the summit ridge. I skied down 500' of powder like snow to the Queens Chair (the shoulder separating Leutholds from Sandy Headwall) and discovered the sun was just starting to kiss the Sandy Headwall. Discouraged but determined I napped for another couple hours. The weather was nice, and soon the headwall softened to corn. The upper third was beautiful smooth moderately steep (45-50dg) corn, about a third of the way down the headwall I encountered a 20' ski width chute, with a lot of wet water ice and a couple very steep sections. I sidestepped down with skis, using my ice axe aggressively in upper hand. There was a 6-8' choke stone at the bottom of the chute which I hopped. From there the angle eased to 40-45dgs and the slopes widened, remaining high riding quality.
I used the last 100' of the 3k headwall for a downward traverse across the Sandy Glacier to Yokum ridge, passing several large cracks, and much avi debris, the massive choss formations of Yokum are incredible, and sketchy as hell.
I became worried when I reached crest of Yokum and found I was lower down on Reid Glacier than I had imagined, and the snow was extremely wet and it was getting late. I set many little wet slides as I traversed the south facing slopes onto the Reid, luckily the snow became more supportable and consolidated as I gained elevation, and was at I rock in less time than I had feared. Then dream corn down the ~3k to my anxious dog waiting in my camper.