Snow surface was mainly higher density new snow with some areas of breakable wind crust and other places where the strong wind run had scraped the snow back to dirt. Based on the amount of collapsing I have been experiencing throughout the range over the last few days, there was a surprising lack of collapsing where we traveled today. The snowpit ( below) still shows poor structure but the snowpack was not actively cracking or collapsing as we travelled. We saw slides on Red Pine Ridge, and the aftermath of an unintentionally triggered avalanche on Monte Cristo.

Photo of wind-drifted snow and areas that had been scoured back to summer surface.

Photo of snow surface pulled from wind-drifted areas