Quick report
Graupel pow on crust at the lower and middle elvations except for North (where it was just unconsolidated pow). A little bit of wind loading going on at 9k' but not much slab development. Sounds like there was much more slab development going on at the upper elevations on Taylor.
Weather
- Air Temp
- 20 degrees
- Cloud Cover
- overcast
- Wind Loading
- light
- Recent Snowfall
- 3-5 cm
- Snow Avail For Transport
- moderate amounts
Mostly cloudy with convective snow showers oscillating back and forth between graupel and moderately rimed dendrites.
Snowpack
Dug a hand pit on a NE aspect @ 8k'. Not much in the way of a cohesive slab in this location. Also 3/20 interface was not a PWL in this location, just a hardness change.
There was a crust buried by 3-5 inches of snow from the lower elevations up through the mids on many aspects (less pronounced on north or in protected areas). Moderate amounts of sloughing on this layer on easterly aspects.