Birds of a feather

Lovely tour on feather! We dug a pit at 1450m on the classic north facing slope below the saddle. Snow depth was 300cm. Results: ECTN23 at 30cm on the melt freeze crust from last weekend, and a propagation across the whole column with a ski jump at 50cm. Snow pack looked right side up and we saw no other signs of instability throughout the day. Wind was blasting, transporting snow, and kept these birds chilly even with all their feathers!