The snowpack at treeline consists of facets, the Jan 30th crust and 20-30cms of rapidly faceting snow on the top. The Jan 30th crust was not present in all locations, however where it was, we witnessed very poor bonding between it and the newer snow from this previous week. A series of quick hand pits resulted in failure of the Jan 30th crust where it was present. In one pit the crust failed before the column was fully cut out.