Conditions seem unchanged from Friday in the high wind-ravaged slopes of Primrose Cirque. It's as if the Saturday storm skipped it (while across Provo Canyon on Provo Peak, we skied a few inches of new powder on top of dense older soft snow. Or perhaps it just all blew away again. Avalanche hazard in this particular area was non-existent today, but there is one feature that warrants writing an observation: Even after days of heating (and a storm) there were still very slick, almost icy snow surfaces on the steep slopes pointing towards the North. S and E faces have a typical rough, corn-like melt-freeze surface. But many N faces have not melted yet, and are slick and even icy. Unfortunately I can't say if they melted today, but I suspect they did not. As such, there could be great variability in the adhesion of any new snow that falls tonight to bed surfaces. The change could be abrupt and significant as one travels from a slope that has been sun-drenched, to one that has been slightly shady. N facing slopes that are not wind scoured and have settled powder on them should bond well, but these high open slopes warrant caution and perhaps outright avoidance if the snow falls fast and cold.
