Surprise Poke

Test profile off Paradise Valley Trail en route to surprise pass. HS 95, temp -14 NE @ 2250. 50cm of fist to 4 finger new snow above 3-6mm SH. Below this fist facets with approx 20cm of Depth Hoar at the base of the pack. Repeatable Easy Sudden Collapse results on DH. Not much traffic and was still getting whumphs on established uptrack so turned around. Not the ski compaction we were looking for. Walked to the end of the lake to look at the run and saw a fresh size 2 crown in the fan of the main run.