Crown ranged from 8 to 18".

Shear testing @ crown - failure upon isolation to ECTP6.

I was dusted near the bottom.

Problem is storm slab over facets.

This was the 4th test slope I checked out, nothing on the 1st 3, I was about to start thinking that the snow was more stable than anticipated.

Of Note: This morning I was about to walk out the door with no avy gear, I was thinking \that I would be going for a stroll up a cat track. I grabbed the gear at the last minute thinking that I might need it in case someone is skiing above the cat tracks and starts a slide! Plans changed.

Danger is considerable on north facing aspects with faceted old snow.

Not really enough snow to call it skiing!

Wind drifts up to 3' deep in places, trail breaking was not easy (could also be the fact that there has been no trail to break in a while...)