Great Turns At Mear !

Today at Mear Lake area we found 5 to 10 cm of soft snow at 2300 m that skied pretty well, thanks to a consolidated layer 35 cm deep that was supportive to our skis. Below this layer we found a generally faceted snowpack that is working hard to round (get stronger) but it isn’t there quite yet. Down 80 cm there were some larger facets that we decided to test with a PST (Propagation Saw Test). We had a failure (45/100) that suggests propagation and slab avalanches on this layer are possible. We didn’t have great visibility but did notice that cornices are growing in this area and are overhanging and unsupported.