Quick report
The snow on the vehicle behind me is our snowpack.
Snowpack
About 15 inches of dense new snow on top of another 5-7 inches of snow from a few days ago, so total depth was about 20". I believe there might be a problem with the water equivalent being reported from Collins today, other snotel sites showed about 1.5" SWE, while Collins shows around 0.70" SWE for a storm total. This snow had a lot of water in it, the higher numbers seem more accurate. The new snow was dense and inverted with a rime crust above 9500' that got thicker as we got higher. Lets see, bad visibility, dense upside down snow, a rime crust, oh yeah, there are still rocks, too. I felt lucky to descend without getting hurt....but who can resist going skiing in October!