Weather
Snowing heavily in the afternoon, windy and gusty in treetops and openings, lots of snow moving in swirls and also rolling around at the surface. Low visibility.
Snowpack
2-4" very new, 8-10 inches soft when skiing, and with just boots sank in to 1 1/2 feet to the crusts and dusty layer. A pit was 290 cm deep in a forested opening at 10,800', 28 degrees, NE facing. The first 8-10cm sluffed on cutting and first tap. A layer q2 at 35cm deep failed at 6 taps, the dust was visible in a diffuse layer 42-45 cm deep. At 17 taps a q2-3 layer failed below the dust at about 50cm deep. Then with many hard taps there was a q3 failure at 70 cm deep, and some very firm snow in deeper layers. In open areas near treeline slabs and a heavy wind layer were developing at the surface.