Observation: Cardiac Bowl

Headed up to Cardiac Bowl today to access the extent of the faceting that has been taking place the last 3 or 4 days with cold clear nights and warm days. I was surprised how weak the snow has gotten in a small amount of time. The Bowl avalanched wall to wall during our last storm, there’s over 6 ft of snow in the debris piles at the bottom but in the starting zone at 10700ft there is only about a foot and a half remaining and it has basically faceted out completely with a little crust layer towards the bottom. The upper snow pack in the bowl is super weak and will not support much weight when and if we get a load on it. I was also seeing weak snow on due E, NE, N,NW. The faceting snow made for better skiing but will be a major red flag when we get precipitation. First video is Cardiac Bowl, second one is due E

Damp or a melt freeze crust on the S depending on time of day. The N is either completely faceted out to the dirt, mostly on E-NW or most of the pack is faceted out from the bottom up with a wind crust on top, like Cardiac Bowl, not much of a slab anywhere i traveled.