Quick report
CT @ 23 on prior surface (facet layer); no ECT results. Despite wind deposition in that location, new snow is still soft and has not formed slabs No signs of instability while we skinned/skied; no cracks observed on snowmobile tracks from the previous day, nor any signs of recent avalanches in the Hellroaring basin terrain visible through the fog.
Weather
- Cloud Cover
- obscured
- Wind Loading
- moderate
- Recent Snowfall
- 40
- Snow Avail For Transport
- large amounts
Overcast, relatively foggy; winds increasing from light to moderate, began snowing in the afternoon
Snowpack
Wind-loaded pit near ridge-top was ~200 cm deep. Top 60 cm was new precipitation from the weekend storms, increasing in density and temperature with depth but still soft Prior surface is now a thin crust/facet layer