a bit uninspiring

Today on the west side of the Alexander we found a generally shallow snowpack. There was very little snow (read dirt) below 1600 m. At our top out point at 2150 m we found a 200 cm snow depth on north-facing slopes. We are still finding soft snow on the north slopes but it is settling and bonding. The upper pack has a few old wind slabs that seem to be bonding to previous surfaces with only resistant test results. The mid-pack is well consolidated, a facet layer can be found down 95 cm that we suspect is the mid-January. No significant test results but we will keep an eye out for the mid-January layer where the snowpack is shallow, especially during the next warm-up. Below this, the lower facets are rounding. Test results (ECTX, CTH (21) RP down 28 cm on decomposing fragments, CTH (28) BRK down 95 on size 2 facets, PST 50/100 down 95 on size 2 facets) While the views today were spectacular there was not much for good riding.