Snowpack
New Year's Day powder skiing! The new snow consolidated considerably over previous three days, surface conditions were still low density powder but the pack is becoming more supportive. Observed settlement cones of up to a foot. We got a little more adventurous in the steeper terrain and kicked off some new-snow sloughs, but nothing unmanageable. Seems like the natural avalanche cycle had cleaned out many of the rocky areas before our arrival. We observed a few old crowns from a distance, probably only a few feet deep. It looked like the related avalanches propagated a little under cliff bands and rock outcroppings. No significant debris associated with these crowns observed. No signs of instability otherwise.