Zimbuk 1

Beautiful day out in Shames backcountry. We skinned across the Knolls to Northbowl and Zimbuk 1. It was our first day out poking around in the backcountry so we avoided steep convexities. We observed surface hoar 3-5mm on all aspects at treeline and above, the top 10cm of snowpack beginning to facet. Below this, snow increasing in hardness (4F-1F) above the november crust down 60-80cm at treeline elevation. Saw older debris from a size 2.5 out of the rocky area between Zimbuk 1 and 2, likely occured during last storm.