Weather
A beautiful Colorado bluebird day with calm winds.
Snowpack
The snowpit I dug on a sheltered east-facing slope near a treeline around 12,000ft was 70cm deep with about 40cm of depth hoar that cascaded out when barely touched. I got propagating results as I isolated my Extended Column Test. ECTPV.
Avalanche
We saw several older avalanches which were reported around the beginning of January. There was one that had not been reported which was a large (R2D2) natural avalanche on an east-facing slope above treeline. My guess is it ran around the same time as the others.