Forbidden Fruit

Snow all the way down to the parking lot! At 1000m, the snow was in-between dry and wet in and out of the trees, slightly on the heavier side. 230cm base half way up to Beecher. Probably lots of fun fluffies up top. Ran short on time so turned around early. Dug a pit and a standard column test before going back and recieved these results: Storm snow observed with about 30cm of new snow. Fist penetration down to 45cm from the surface 4 fingers down to 70cm from the surface at major crust layer. 1 fingers down to 70cm from the surface Column test: First failure at 15 hits at 30cm depth Second failure 27 hits at 50cm depth Not a very reactive failure. Overall the terrain was mellow and well protected in the trees from wind. Avalanche hazards felt very minimal in this terrain. New snow seems to be settling well on the old layers at lower elevations.