Soup Creek

A beautiful day at the brush ballet:

• This area has 16-24" of unconsolidated snow seemingly well-bonded to the 2/3 crust(s)
• Witnessed no obvious signs of instability
• Observed minor natural sluffing in steep rocky terrain
• Found small surface hoar on shaded aspects at mid elevations, did not find buried surface hoar in hand pits
• Noticed plenty of evidence of recent NE winds as low as 5500'
• Wind slabs were thin and stubborn along an upper elevation ridge

One crack in a thin wind slab on a ridge at 6700'. Small sluffs did not pick up much mass or speed on steep shaded slopes at 6800'

@ 6800' N aspect: HS = 200cm, 60cm unconsolidated snow on top of facet/crust complex

@ 6900' S aspect: HS = 70cm, 40cm on top of 2/3 crust