Up to 70 cm of moist storm snow has fallen in the past 3 days. This snowfall was accompanied by generally moderate southerly winds, forming wind slabs in exposed leeward terrain. Below the storm snow is a layer of surface hoar or a thin crust. Recent snowpack tests give consistent easy results on this layer.In the mid snowpack, there may be a thin buried surface hoar layer between 80 and 100cm deep. At the base of the snowpack sits the early November rain crust. This layer seems most likely to be found in deeper snowpack areas and may have associated facets. These layers have been unreactive in recent days, but may have the potential to 'wake-up' with continued loading and forecast warming.In general, snowpack data is sparse in this region and significant variations likely exist from one drainage to another. In short, digging down and making your own observations will be critical to safe slope selection. Any observations from the field are welcome at
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