I toured a few laps on Burnout Ridge in the afternoon before work. It was mostly cloudy and snow fell the entire afternoon in trace amounts. The snowpack is thin and the conditions were variable. I was able to find some soft turns on more NW facing aspects protected by trees. Trending towards W and SW facing aspects, the new snow is sitting on top of a layer of rock hard snow affected by wind and sun. The snow that we did receive over the past few days did make things soft but there are areas of hard and windblown snow even in sheltered areas. Northerly faces above treeline have been affected by the wind and areas of crossloading exist in addition to bare areas stripped of snow.

I dug a pit at 10000' on a WNW facing aspect. Two layers of weak snow persist with dense slabs resting on top. I did not perform any stability tests but the weak layers are very obvious just by digging into the snowpack with your shovel or probing around. With cold and dry conditions ahead I will be keeping an eye on the new snow at the top of the snowpack for when we do receive a new load. Overall conditions are not the best, but soft turns can be found on sheltered northerly aspects. Hopefully more snow comes soon!