Three guardsmen

It seems like today maybe was a transition from a honeymoon phase of stability over the past few weeks, into a more dynamic winter to spring snowpack. The reasons we discussed were new snow accumulation, mid-day warming, strong solar radiation and the development of a weak layer. We felt confident overall but backed off from steep terrain where a shallow snowpack existed around rocks, where we could most likely trigger a slide. Our layer of concern was a a double crust, crust-facet combo weak layer down 30-50cm that propagated in an extended column test at 1200m.

Weather Report

Low clouds broke down early morning. Could see the next front moving in from the distance. The sun was warm when there wasn't wind. Lower elevations nears the road were melting out.