We dug on a low elevation southwest aspect to show some future backcountry shredders the layering before potentially boring them with a deep and stable high-elevation pit. ECTN 16 within the storm snow, ECTN21 on the December rain crust, and surprisingly ECTP23 and 27 Q3 on wet rounding facets 55cm down between crusts. Not that we're skiing scary start zones in the 7300' elevation band :)

Summer footwear, summer weather and summer trail combine to provide visual evidence of snow surface warming.

Sublime skiing before the backcountry became officially tracked out.