Quick report
No hazards observed. lots of trees on the road to the TH. None noted
Weather
- Cloud Cover
- few
- Wind Loading
- none
- Rain Elevation
- 7000 ft based on snow on the road
- Snow Avail For Transport
- none
Calm below 10,000 ft., allowing for afternoon softening of the snow surface but remaining supportable for skiing. Steady breeze above 10,000 ft., with high overhead thin clouds kept it firm but edge-able.
Snowpack
Solid re-freeze of 3 to 4 inches overnight at TH, permitting skinning from car. Obstacles fully buried at ~7,800 ft. Breezy above 10K ft., kept the surface, which varied from smooth to wind sculpted, firm. Measured 40 cm around some rocks to 200 cm in drifted areas, with 120 cm average snow depth at 10K feet with stout supportable top layer. No hollow snow noted. Some surface snow sublimating with the wind.