Finally looks like winter again. New snow falling at the trailhead (1") all the way to the ridge line (5-6"). Great skiing conditions all the way down to the very lowest elevations where a mildly breakable crust awaited the too-slow turn.
Sensitive new soft slab pockets at the higher elevations on steeper slopes. Even a small skier-triggered slab release could step down in to weaker snow beneath and quickly become serious.
In some areas of the big E-face of Ben Lomond, hard slab remains perched above above a largely faceted snowpack with several buried weak rime crust layers.
