Shames Backcountry

Saw one wet slab on south aspect of the dome at or just to the right of the normal up track. No other crowns seen. Lots of loose wet from trees and rock faces surrounding Shames. May need to zoom way in to see the crown in the pics as light level was low. Skied trees inbounds, glorious wet umtracked powder. Walked back towards the dome at 1 to check things out and walked back inbounds at 3 (did not ski anything). Tried out a compression test on SE aspect at treeline. 2.55m snowpack depth, 22 deg slope. Collapsed on 17th tap down 45cm on what looked like surface hoar. No other results. There was very little backcountry travel today, just us and an AST1 course. Minimal/no travel yesterday as well (other than the AST1 crew).

Wet slab on south aspect of the dome at or just to the right of the normal up track. No other crowns seen in the area. Lots of loose wet sluff from trees and rock faces on all aspects surrounding Shames.

Near zero all day. Cooled slightly around lunch but warmed as sun broke through. Precipitation was minimal, light drizzle at btm of Tee and light snow at top.

I've no snow science training so maybe no true value for y'all but here is what i saw. Failure surface looked much like surface hoar. Deeper down the rain crust and previous layer of heavy snow did not have a result. There is quite a soft layer under the heavy snow we got a few weeks back, surprised its not reactive but keeping an eye on it.