Observation: Days Fork

Been out in the upper cottonwoods the last few days on a variety of aspects staying mostly above middle elevation band. I dug a pit on 12/17 in Days Fork and observed the following:

Elevation: 9,000'

Aspect: NE

Depth: 210 cm

Temp near surface: -10

Temp at 160 cm depth: -3

Fist hardness until 50 cm down, four finger to 80-90 cm, one finger until 100 cm, then fist again at 100 where the PWL is present. Structure is not there but the weak layer is now about a meter deep. Facets are still present and I did observe some rounding although not as much as I was hoping for. I did not experience any cracking or collapsing on my tours. Another good storm and this layer will be quite deep and hopefully at a more advanced stage of healing. I'm still not ready to trust N facing terrain but we're moving in the right direction.