Observation: White Pine

In the photo above you can see the thin gray line that was a refrozen ice crust above the damp facets. In this location and at this elevation the snowpack was saturated and damp from top to bottom.

Today, where and when we traveled we found an overall Low avalanche danger. We were out of there before the frontal passage came through later in the afternoon.

Photo showing thin coverage in the White Pine drainage.

Snow surface was a mixed bag of leaves, rocks, melt-freeze crust and damp snow.  The trail was supportable, but off trail was a breakable mushy mess. Hopefully this storm brings along the southern shift in the jet stream and a much needed pattern change.