Boundary Lake Ain't Ready

Went for a walk on skis into Boundary Lake. Its well worth the views but not worth it for the skiing just yet. We found an average HS of 50cm but it was soft and unsupportive to skis. This meant there were a lot of hazards lurking beneath for the way down. We travelled mostly between 2000 - 2200m and the Dec 2nd PWL could be found on all aspects as combinations of either surface hoar, facets or crust. However, most locations at these elevations didn't have enough slab on top or enough slope continuity. This meant there wasn't enough of a snowpack to cover all the sharks yet. We did find a smaller isolated wind effected slope BLT to test for this weak layer. (See photo) and the surface hoar was present below the recent storm snow and sitting above old wind slab.