Quick report
Ski toured from Miller Creek bridge up to the 4x4 trail along the glacier. We hoped to ski further back and higher up, however, wind gusts came in earlier than expected. Overall the snowpack appeared rock solid, the surface was a mix of stiff wind drifts filled in with wet powder making skiing extremely variable. We probed a few locations and found that the snowpack ranged from 160-220 cm on the NE aspect slopes. A small test pit was dug down to 120 cm and we identified the top layer of fist hardness wet powder, which was about 20 cm deep though it was not present uniformly across the slope. Below was an extremely dense 50-70 cm pencil-to-knife hardness slap, followed by 4F tp 1F hardness faceted snow to 120 cm. We did not observe any signs of instability, the slab identified was very dense and we agreed that it was unlikely that a skier could trigger slab movement. However, wind loading and cornices on North aspects could still pose a major risk. Sadly the hard windrifts and variable wet powder along with flat light and poor visibility made for relatively challenging ski conditions.