My travels today were from 6800 ft. to just over 10,000 ft. on west thru north facing slopes, slope angles to 35ยบ. The trees were holding most of the new storm snow so there most likely was not much wind after the initial front moved through on Friday night. Test pit pit at 10,000 ft. on a west facing slope - CT test results were CT18-25Q2/Q3. No propagation on ECT. Again, not enough new weight with this storm to activate the weak faceted snow, that's not to say a trigger, like a skier or a snow machine would be enough to get things moving, especially on mid to low elevation slopes or in thin, steep upper elevation terrain. Overall the trend will be toward decreasing danger especially if the wind doesn't blow hard or it doesn't get too warm. Possible faceting of the new snow surface with the cold temps forecasted this week.
Basal facets on a 3mm grid.
Three distinct slabs within the snowpack. All three showed results in my tests today. All failing on 1-2mm faceted snow.
