Quick report
Three of us tore it up to the ridge north of incline peak. Skies were mostly sunny with high broken clouds. Temperature warmed during the day. We dug a hasty pit at 9:30 in the morning at 9300 feet on the north facing slope of approximately 23°. Total snow depth was 270 cm. The recent storm slab was approximately 135 cm with fist to four fingers hardness as it got deeper. The crust was. 68 cm and below that the snow was soft, crumbly, but had some moisture in it. We did not do any instability tests.