Boulder Ck

We observed unreactive wind features in some middle elevation terrain. Crusts in the upper snowpack did not produce unstable snowpack test scores. Weak snow at the ground (~4' deep) appeared to be healing and unlikely to trigger where the snowpack is uniformly thick. 

I heard one small wet loose near Crown Point.

Below 8,000': Snow surfaces were an unconsolidated mix of facets and surface hoar atop the stout 12/24 crust. This would be alarmingly weak if loaded as is. Despite a warm day, this setup looked much the same as we exited. 

Above 8,000': We found unreactive wind features and a thickening slab. We targeted a location where the two prominent upper pack crusts were thin (WSW @ 8,500'). The uppermost was associated with very small facets and produced rough shears in small column tests but did not propagate. The lower crust was well bonded.

We also targeted a location where basal facets existed (WNW @ 9,100'). Here we found the basal facets to be moist and rounding. Human triggering in areas with a uniformly thick slab like this one (125 cm thick, P at the base) is unlikely.