We toured in Huntington Canyon today at elevations ranging from 8,400 feet to 10,100 feet. Travel was primarily on NE, N, and NW aspects. I think I covered most of the pertinent info above but I do have a couple comments about the general snowpack in this part of Huntington. I was up in the same area last evening (Saturday, 2-23) and found a pretty strong snowpack in most areas (see photo below.) Snow depth in this area is currently in the 150-170 cm range and is very consolidated below the new snow (which is still very unconsolidated in areas that were sheltered from the wind.) There are some areas that seem to have shallower and weaker snow but overall these areas don't seem very large or connected. I would also think that if there was lots of weak snow prevalent in these areas we would have seen larger and more connected avalanches on steeper slopes today. That being said, we traveled in a pretty small area today and I'd be hesitant to commit to any steep slopes in Huntington without doing some digging and checking for weak snow knowing the history and generally shallower snowpack in these areas. It's also worth noting that many of the slopes in Huntington end in steep terrain trap features where even a small avalanche could bury someone very deeply and these slopes warrant extra caution, especially after large loads of snow like today.

Photo 1: Cracking in new snow on a small test slope

Photo 2: West aspects stripped of new snow, loading on east aspects

Photo 3: Snowpit from yesterday (Saturday 2-23) on a NW aspect, 9,300 feet.