Nice day

Nice day out there. Dug a few quick holes at 1300m and 1550m south aspect to see what we were working with and found some concerning stuff. Don’t judge my sidewall it was a quicky. A size large avalanche from last week is also pictured for your viewing pleasure. 70cm of recent snow on top. Followed by a thin layer of crumbly facetty snow, followed by a very weak and moist 10-15cm “crust”, followed by another thin layer of crumbly facetty snow, followed by 1 finger hard snow until the January 26th surface hoar which was down about 180cm. The “crust” was 1 finger hard. We got sudden planar results from a column test on the top of the crust (down 70cm) within the first 10 taps 2 times at both locations. Jan 26th layer went on the 30th hit. Where the sun was hitting, the top 70cm of storm snow became very slabby and reactive when unsupported, such as above sled trenches, but we did not see other signs of instability.