NWI

Great snow for sledding, Deep and fluffy. Didn't seem to get the same extreme warming that (I assume) the Southern ranges did. There wasn't a melt freeze crust even on the road at lower elevations. Observed multiple size 1 avalanches where the recently formed wind slab had released off the 45+ degree NE facing slopes overhead, indicative of a likely exposure to watch out for that wind slab on.

These extremely steep start zones frequently shed so the bed surface was rock. There was a slight crust 30cm down at 1500m. Unsure if the rock would have had a crust (ice) layer on it at 1800m.

It was calm where we were at 1500m but on the ridge top 1800m there was moderate blowing snow from the SW.

A quick observation with our probe told us there was a slight interface down 30 cm beneath the 30cm of new snow. A more substantial interface down 65cm (perhaps wind slab) and a substantial melt freeze crust down 105cm (likely the Dec 8 interface). Observation taken in a flat opening near a creek at 1500m below a N/NE facing rock face.