Quick report
We dug two pits, one on a North East face and one on a South West face. The air temp at 1:00pm when the pits were dug was 32 degrees Fahrenheit. Our pit on the NE face had a height of snow of 160 cm, was 7350 feet, and was on a 28 degree slope. It had no notable results, but there was a prominent layer of surface hoar that was buried beneath a slab. There were also very well defined Near Surface facets in the top 30cm. The Pit on the Southwest face had a height of snow at 140cm, was at 7400 feet and on a slope of 28 degrees. It had two column tests that were on the 7th and 8th taps 25-30cm from the surface on near surface facets. The SW pit also had another column test results on the 24th tap about 80 cm from the surface on a well defined melt freeze crust. In both locations there seemed to be about 5 inches of snow available for transport in the ski penetration test. Both locations also had similar hand hardness observations noting the melt freeze crust and surface hoar that is buried about a foot down. The weather was clear skies all day with temperatures getting up to 33 degrees. There was a light wind from the south around 4mph with no noticeable gusts throughout the day. No precipitation was observed throughout the day. We had a conservative travel day primarily focusing on rescue practice. We traveled on the lower road below point six not he west side for a short distance. We also traveled east of the beacon park for a brief moment looking into Jenny Bowl. Although we did not get any major results in our instability tests, all pits showed a slab formed over weak layers that made our groups feel cautious about skiing over 30 degrees.