Fresno

We had snow at the road! That is about 3" of very wet snow.  From 2,000' to 2,600' there was 18 to 24" storm snow. There was a lot of avalanche activity that looked like it had failed on a variety of weak layers. Some slid to the ground from upper elevation start zones, while others slide at mid elevations and were smaller. There were a few that spread out across the slope which likely mean they failed on a weak layer. From 2,000' to 2,600' we had widespread collapsing. Several hand pits revealed a buried layer of surface hoar under the new snow that we have seen at several locations in Summit Lake.  It seemed obvious that riding in avalanche terrain was a no go. Cracking and collapsing in the snow were alarming red flags. Another storm is forecast to arrive Wednesday. If it brings more snow on top of these weak layers they may be larger and even easier to trigger. A crust started to form later in the day from 1,800' down to the trucks. 

Upside down snowpack with 2' of heavy storm snow sitting on top several layers of facets and crusts.  The storm snow doubled the season's snowpack between 2,000' and 2,600'. We had concerning results in our pit on a layer of upright surface hoar that was below the storm snow (ECTP11, ECTP16 down 55cm). The total snow depth was 4' (120cm).