Quick report
Not much at all to add to the worn out conversation about our snowpack. Travel is still quite supportable and soft snow can still be found, especially in wind-sheltered areas. Today was about focusing on the current snow surface as it will likely have the weakest snow when we do get more snow and/or wind. With another week of high pressure ahead - including temperatures that are colder than we've had the last 7-10 days - the snow surface will continue to weaken and will provide a widespread weak layer.
Snowpack
Snow surfaces continue to weaken with facets in the top 10-20 cms (4-8 inches) of snow. In wind-sheltered areas, facets would sluff on steep slopes. In exposed alpine terrain, the wind has disrupted the surface with a mixture of facets, some radiation recrystallization, old wind drifts, and some shallow pockets of unreactive wind drifts.