Hwy 75 - Smiley to Stanley

This was a short, late-afternoon glassing mission to look at the extent of wet snow activity. I observed a number of small wet loose dribbles that appeared to run on top of crusts. These seemed to be primarily D1 in size, with a few D1.5s. Some/many of these likely ran the previous day, but timing is uncertain. I did not observe any wet slabs, but the light wasn't great for looking at steeper E/SE faces. 

Based on the appearance of the snow surface in many locations, the snowpack is taking a light cooking but we really aren't doing a lot of water melting. This weather is producing an obvious crust+FC (and FCsf + SH on shadies) that will become our next widespread weak layer (likely the 2/25!). I did not see signs of wind transport further south, but as I approached the Redfish drainage I could begin to see significant plumes of snow moving blowing off the ridges of the Sawtooths. 

Avalanches observed refers to wet loose activity described below.