Table Mt.

We are on day of four of well above normal temperatures at 5000'. In some ways, you couldn't buy an avalanche on Wednesday no matter how steep and unsupported a slope you chose to travel. But it's hard to say it's Low given the extent of glide avalanche activity from Tuesday. Plus the continued risk given the same weather conditions and plentiful, melting snow over steep rock. Wet loose activity from Sunday and Monday was less than anticipated, probably due to moderate winds keeping the snow surface cool. It appears weak, faceted snow that developed in late November in the top 1' has since rounded out with warmer temperatures. The biggest question is if the near-surface facets currently surviving on shaded aspects see rain or snow at the onset of precipitation in a few days.

Snowpack is sun and/or heat-affected at all elevations. Southerly aspects held a weak, breakable crust that softened quickly in the morning. Shaded slopes above Upper Bagley were also warm and sloppy up to 4700'.  Near surface facets to 2mm in size surviving on some shaded slopes. On the southern aspects, the top 10-15cm is wet with a mix of moist rounds and crusts below. On shaded slopes, the layers above the November crust were moist, rounding facets. The biggest layer of concern was a weak 4F layer found between two thinner crusts down 30cm. Suspect the crust started to facet out during colder temperatures but has rounded out with sustained warmth.