Headed out today to check out the snow surfaces, and what the wind was doing before this next system moved into the canyons. Skinning today felt very unique, similar to skiing on faceted snow. There was the thick wind drifted snow on top of low-density new snow to the ground. Winds remained consistent and continued to increase throughout the tour. Given the increasing signs of instability during the day adding higher density snow, and increased winds will cause the avalanche danger to rise rapidly.

In areas with dense trees or rocks, it is still very easy to catch a ski, it's still early season.