Sawatch

Cool this morning with light northwest winds. No wind transport noted. Warmer in the afternoon but it still was relatively cool. New snow from the last couple of storms was about 8 to 12".

On a northeast-facing near-treeline slope, I probed a bit and found the HS to be about 120 cm. There are still dry facets near the ground, but the upper snowpack is very hard. It would be very unlikely for a person to be able to affect the basal layers. Other than that, the only other pertinent ob is the lack of snow in some places, and aspects/elevations that still have enough snow for avalanches. BTL- not much snow left, around 11,000 feet there is enough snow to travel on north but it's thin and consolidated NTL- no snow left on souths, west, northwest. There is enough snow for avalanches mainly on north through east though many due north slopes are thin ATL- Same as NTL but more snow on southeast.