Snow pack was basically a mess today, wide spread rime crust getting stouter with elevation, made it to about 9800ft. The combination of a stout rime crust on top of inverted snow, sitting on loose facets made breaking trail a pain in the butt. Noted many new snow slides in the upper Cardiac area, put the ones that stepped down into old snow on the avy list. Wind was transporting a lot of new snow in upper Cardiac in the PM. Photos Wind in Cardiac, Rime crust mid elevation, damp snow at 8000ft.