Quick report
We toured near Red Grade Road and dug a pit at 6,600 feet in the burnt trees above the spring. The Bighorns received 1 to 3 inches of snow Wednesday, 3/15 night, and Thursday, 3/16, morning. Warm temperatures prior have left a melt-freeze crust. It's been windy since Thursday. This area has an average of 43 inches (110 cm). Mixed layers of facets and decomposing fragments below the MF crust ranging from 4f+ to F hardness above 11 inches (30cm) of large facets from early in the season. Column test results show propagation with hard taps (ECTP24) above the large facets on the ground. I suspect it would be hard to trigger this layer, but I wouldn't rule it out. We didn't have time for a PST, but that could be a useful tool to dig deeper into this deep persistent problem. Steep open grassy slopes with little anchoring come to mind as places where it may be possible to trigger a slide. Wind slabs at upper elevations and wet avalanches if temperatures rise are other possibilities moving into next week.