Toured up White Pine this afternoon to search for some low angle turns in the trees. Snowed about an inch between 1:00-2:30. Winds were gusting during that time then died down until about 4:00. Clouds rolled in and vis went way down after 4:00.

I measured about 6” of new snow at 8,200 feet and dig a quick hand pit and tested out a small slope. Test pit indicated poor bonding but no real cracking or sliding on the test slope. New snow at 9,800 was about 9-10” and I observed a shooting crack on a similar test slope. With the limited vis and all the signs of instability I took one run back down to the car and called it a day.

Hopefully the bonding improves otherwise this layer is layer will be active with more snow on the way.

I used a test slope at 8,200 feet with no much