Dazzling in Mear !

Beautiful tour up to ridgetop above Mear Lake today in (mostly) sunshine. Cool temps all day (-8 at 2500 m at 2pm), Moderate to Strong SW winds were transporting some snow but building only small shallow wind slabs in the Alpine. No sign of any recent avalanches; no results in snowpack tests in our profile; nor while skiing. Ski quality was good, with a few slightly stiffer areas in the Alpine. We found 15 cm of new snow in our tracks from last week, for a total snow depth of 120 cm at 2400 m.