Observation: North Ogden Divide

Cloud banks clipping the Bear River Range and James Peak as seen from the south and west this afternoon.

The snow was wind-jacked but supportable in exposed terrain. Sculpted and eroded snow in fetch areas is called sastrugi.....

I did not find any weak October snow.  The snow from the Thanksgiving storm has settled out and is generally supportable.  In the area I traveled right side up snow averaged a foot to a foot-and-a-half deep, with the top 3 inches soft but moist...