Quick report
Had a great day out despite having to hike a little from the parking lot. By 2,000' there was a few inches of fully snow on a supportable crust and 4-6" by 2,500'. Above 2,500' the soft snow fluctuated between 6-12". We wanted to get higher on the ridge to look at the snowpack and see if there were any sneaky weak layers. There are many tracks and no new avalanches that we could see. The old glide avalanches are getting kind of covered up but are still quite a hazard unfortunately.
Weather
Overcast skies with some sun poking through now and then. Light easterly winds that increased to maybe 10-15mph late in day on the ridge. No precipitation. Temps 30F at the parking lot and mid 20s along ridge.
Snowpack
We dug one pit at 3,500', SW aspect. Total snow depth 150cm (~5').
The pack is composed of fairly dense snow with 3-6" of soft snow on top. Surface hoar (.8 - 1cm in size) sits on the very surface.
We had a propagating Extended Column Test result that showed there is a thin less dense layer of snow that has not bonded completely yet (ECTP 22 down 12").
The grains where the column failed were decomposing snow crystals. We do not know of any avalanche activity assocated with this layer but we'll be keeping our eye out.
Otherwise at elevations below 3,000' it was a dust on crust type of deal. The pack seems to be strong with multiple layers of dense snow and crusts from last week's warm stormy weather.