Southeast of Breccia Peak

About 4" of new snow overnight. Temperatures were cold enough today that northerly aspects kept snow surfaces dry. Sunny slopes were quickly becoming moist by midday. In general, it was a thick layer of dust on crust scenario.

Dug two pits at 10,000 feet:

Northwest aspect, Snow Height 91 inches (230 cm): ECTX in the top 115 cm. I dug down 180 cm in total and found a mostly right-side-up snowpack with one finger hardness from 160 cm above the ground down to 90 cm, then a hardness change to 4f below that. I did not perform any tests on that interface. Snowpack was dry throughout this pit. Two layers in the top 3 feet had clean shears and pulled out with moderate force with a shovel shear test, but no other test results on these interfaces.

Southeast aspect, Snow Height 64 inches (162 cm): ECTX in the top 120 cm (including the basal facet interface, though at 140 cm below the surface, it's really not the appropriate test). Moisture was found throughout this pit, including the basal facets.

No avalanches or signs of instability observed.