Some new snow is dusting lava and tephra deposits of the 29 December 1971 eruption on the SSW flank while the eruptive fissure high on the cone is still well visible. Large volumes of glacial ice appear to have slid somewhat downslope. Gaping fractures are present in the icecap. Rapid recovery of the icecap is evident. The fracture that has split open the upper part of the cone is still evident but has been filled with new snow and ice, and all lava flows has been buried.
Southern Chile is an area of high precipitation rates.