Quick report
Bit of dust on top of hard supportable crust from previous melt/freeze for first few 100' up from road. Lots of old roller balls and wet loose releases off of the lower rocks that had frozen solid making for challenging skiing for a little while, then changed to sparkly and dry snow at approximately 3000'. Layers were present but not super reactive. Possible bed surfaces at 35 and 100cm, with possible slabs above, although slabs were low energy and did not want to propagate any fracture attempts.
Weather
- Air Temp
- 40ish
- Cloud Cover
- clear
- Wind Loading
- light
- Rain Elevation
- 3000
- Recent Snowfall
- 8
- Snow Avail For Transport
- moderate amounts
Clear and sunny! Winds light and variable <3mph.
Snowpack
Top 8-10cm dry sparkle pow with surface hoar at 4250' where we dug a pit. CTM 14 @ 35CM RP Q2. Soft slab 10-35cm (4F/1F) did not propagate during modified ECT. Consistent 1F/P settled snow 40cm-100cm then there was another harder layer with capability of being a bed surface (3/17 layer?)
Avalanche
Wet loose from previous day or two, frosted with a bit of new snow and set up rock hard closer to road.