Maverick

Moderate southwest winds throughout the day were gusting at ridgelines and upper elvations. On and off S-1 snow with graupel.

Upside down conditions are especially pronounced in wind affected and exposed areas. We had moderate planar  hand shearing in the top foot of storm snow. Overall there was minimal slab formation in the storm snow. That could change today with increased settlement, wind and new snow but cooling temperatures tonight should help.

Challenging skiing on low angle slopes involed some serious trenching and pushing.

Several localized collapses at mid and upper elevastions. Isolated cracking in heavily wind affected areas and convexities.