Late afternoon Run up to top tee to check things out. -8 in p lot and snowing heavily. About 2 -3 cm's an hour. Low wind at bottom chair but gaining strength with elevation. Giving way to sustained wind with mod gusts from the S ish at top of boot pack. 10 to 15 cms of fresh at 1200 m's but could be any where from toe top to boot top in the skin track depending on what the wind had moved around. Run down to top tee produced a shooting crack couple m's out in front of my board and fast sloughs on the short run but no noticed slabs. Absolutely no vis to see around and no big rumbles heard...yet. Turns down the grooms were butter smooth but you could still cut down to the crusty underwear if ya slashed hard.