Persistent, early season weak layers will get tricky, especially if the mid week storm materializes with some wind and water weight.

Dig down a little and I found the snow structure isn't quite the weak, sugary gong show I thought it might be, given the shallow snow and recent cold temps. As a matter of fact, I found several heat crust sandwiches that helped give the pack a little bit of body. Good news to keep you off the ground.... bad news because once this weeks storms start stacking up, the crusts will allow our weak pack to sustain more of a load before failing, potentially creating a larger slide than you might expect.