Niut Range Mar 14

There was 30-40 cm of light metamorphosed snow on top of a solid 1.2m of wind compacted dense older snow. There was good bonding between new fresh snow and older layers below. Bottom 50 cm layer was old ET metamorphosed sugar snow not bonded to upper layers or the ground. No settling observed. Aspect was NE. Slopes skied were 20-30% slope. No settling was observed.