We started our tour into Mineral Fork around 0845 this morning under partly cloudy skies and temps in the high teens. The skintrack is pretty boney and we saw few signs of instability until we got off the trail and into the trees. At around 8000' in the Low/Mid East Facing area, where trees are more intermittent and shrubs prove an anchor, there was widespread crackin and collapsing everywhere except low angle slopes. We got a number of spots to slide a few inches and just about every step produced collapsing and cracking. As we got up to the ridgeline, we saw that the top bowl section of every run from Low East Facing to Moonlight had avalanched (this will be submitted separately). Once on the ridge, there were a couple gusts of wind but it was generally calm with a cloud ceiling around 10,000' and very light precip. The humidity was high and made the snow damp. On the way out, the temps were above freezing with the trailhead reading 39 degrees at 1430 and rollerballs beginning to come down.

A big thank you to all the forecasters for all your hard work as we get into the depths of winter!