Quick report
On the North end of the "First Aid" plateau, where the Arctic man race course comes up out the canyon running to Gunn Creek, or the "hookup canyon," dug a pit and did a column test. Slope angle was approximately 15 degrees, and NNE facing at approximately 5200' of elevation. Snowpack was 60 cms deep, dense and consolidated, and fairly uniform throughout. Two facets in the form of very thin crusts that appear to be either from solar warming or rain at 8cm and 25 cm from the surface. Also, there was a very thin solar crust on the surface of the snow that disappeared around 5600' of elevation. No reactivity on the column, even when I pounded on my shovel as hard as I could. I then was able to bear hug and lift the entire column off the ground in one piece and it brought with it a couple of large rocks, the snowpack appears to have good ground adhesion. In my opinion, the current snowpack is a terrific base for the year.