Meiss

I went towards Little Round Top today to look at the repeater path at the entrance to Meiss and to check the rain/snow elevation line. On the recently wind loaded rollers and gullies along the way, cornices were sagging and wind loaded test slopes didn't produce cracking, but did produce wet roller balls. Hand shears at the interface between the moist snow and the previous rain crust were resistant and non-planar. Rainfall rates increased as I gained elevation, and visibility decreased to a few hundred yards near and above treeline. It was raining to my high point of 9000ft, and warm enough at that elevation that I suspect it was raining at least to the summit of Little Round Top. I did not see any current wind loading and the surface snow was too wet for transport. Due to poor visibility (and already getting disoriented on this familiar route), I turned around prior to making the repeater path.

16" of recent snow on top of rain crust. The top 4" was wet and the rest was moist