Trevor submitted the snow profile above from the Soapstone environs and comments... "A thin, shallow, weak, trap door, faceted snowpack is present in Dry Hollow. All layers observed contain angular grains of one kind or another, and the snowpack does not support much skier weight as a result."

It's been a week since our last storm stacked up a respectable amount of snow, water, and wind. The rapid change irritated weak, sugary snow near the ground, making it rather cranky and reactive to our additional weight. In time though, the pack has adjusted somewhat, relaxed a bit, and is becoming comfortable in its own skin. In fact, I suspect there's miles and miles of terrain you can ride safely today. I think you'd be hard pressed to trigger a slide today, but if you're hunting for an avy all you need to do is find a thin spot in the snowpack, maybe around a bush or rock, collapse the slope, and now we're staring down the barrel of a moving piece of snow that could throw a curve ball at my day.