Third knoll

It was raining at the base of Shames for most of the day. The lower mountain received very wet snow up till ~1140m where it starts to become less dense. Above 1180m the snow becomes light fluffy hero snow. We didn’t observe much winds beyond the occasional gust (~20km/hr). Throughout the day we received 10-20cm of new low density snow up top. We dug a full profile at the start zone above the third knoll and found the following: 1. HS 160cm @ 1220m 2. The snowpack appears to be right side up (progressively increasing density towards the base with no faceting). The base of the snowpack was moist and cohesive. 3. SH {2mm} down 15cm 4. SH {6mm} down 90cm 5. There was a very dense layer {9cm} down 110cm that I can only assume was a rain on snow event. It appears to be bonding well to the surrounding snowpack. Visibility was limited, and we stuck close to the resort, but we did not witness any signs of recent avalanche activity. A few other groups ventured up Dome peak and skied mystic glades. It’s survival slush skiing down lower shames on the exit (Wax your skis!!)