Quick report

Pocket creek heading towards gunsight butte

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Quick report

Cracking
isolated

13" very small Soft slab seen with stepping above the skin track at 4475 feet time: 1426 on NW aspect (313) sky BKN, precip: no, temp air: -6C, wind: no BS: no, Other weather obs: time: 1250 3771 ft, OVC precip: no, wind: n0 BS: no temp air: -6C pen boot 45cm Time: 1507 4711 ft, SCT precip: no, temp surface -5C, wind: no BS no, Crust about 1cm on top of sugary snow that made it difficult to skin and skiing down was hard to turn in the tight trees with the crust. Under large trees the crust was slightly softer. No blowing snow seen at ridgetops during our tour