Observation: 10420

Toured up on 10420 today. Started around 9:30am in medium/heavy snowfall which dissipated by the end of the tour around 12:30pm. Wind was pretty light but strong enough to move snow around. Skiing was fun and fast but the bullet proof bottom layer was never far away and there were few scrape-free turns. On steeper terrain it was constant bottom feeding. Sluffing was manageable but once the snow got going it tended to entrain all the new snow, leaving the icy bed surface. FYI, the crews are out clearing the road up to the pass so be courteous when they're out and don't expect the road to be an option for exiting. Photos are of 1) Sluffing on a 35ish degree slope, 2) progress on the road, and 3) a nice view of the history of our snowpack from the road cut.