Free Ice Cream at Ravens

Rain rain has yet to fully go away, but above ~1550m it turned to snow! We poked our noses up the Asulkan trail despite sustained liquid sunshine from the trailhead. Conditions treeline and below are to be expected: 20-30cm of rain soaked ice cream snow remains reactive in various hand shear tests with evidence of small loose-wet avalanches and tree bomb debris almost everywhere the eye could see on a flat light and foggy day. A few photos of notable slides. Despite evidence of a lot of activity below treeline, no evidence of larger slab avalanches were observed on Ravens or nearby slopes at higher elevations (though visibility was impeded significantly by snow and fog). A test pit produced inconsistent results (see Snowpack Obs), but indicated that instability still very much exists despite falling temperatures. Surface accumulation was ~1cm of somewhat dry (in comparison) snow by about 12:30pm. Travel conditions were difficult today, skin wax is advised. I suspect as FL continues to drop avy and tree bomb debris will freeze and be cause for significant hazard until enough precip falls to cover them. Be careful out there!

CT results, inconsistent: CTV (SP) down 100cm, CTE2 (SP) down 7cm, CTH21 (SP) down 48cm.