Observation: Uintas

Traveled the north half of the compass from 7400 ft.-10,300 ft. looking for soft snow in sheltered terrain out of the wind zone. Snowpack is faceting but stable in the area traveled. No real red flags to speak of. Snowpack was well behaved, even in steeper terrain with no surface sluffing. Extended column test failed with hard effort but did propagate across the column. Will have to watch how much the pack weakens with the cold, clear weather before the next storm or wind event. Lots of evidence of wind effect in the upper elevation, open terrain. Low danger in the area traveled but in the wind zone it would be a different story.