One of the better corn days I've ever had in the Wasatch. Several nights of solid refreezes left a solidly frozen surface on southerly aspects. I was finally able to jam my inverted ski pole down through the snowpack at about 1100, otherwise very solid refreeze providing excellent ski and travel conditions. Steep east aspects began softening at about 0830, south at 0930, and southwest at 1030. Given the solid refreeze, southeast Toledo Chute was still supportable when exiting at 1130.

Did not get on the snow on northerly aspects, however from atop Toledo Chute got a good view into a lot of northerly terrain and drainage channels were quite visible. One needs to get a better look at the snowpack structure on northerly aspects to confirm if there is adequate drainage, or if pooling is possible along crusts and weak layers. The slide in Holy Toledo on 4/11 is quite impressive, and from the report one of the mid-November facet/crust layers are the likely weakness. I would be very hesitant traveling in northerly terrain if we get a string of above-freezing nights (which appears expected.)

Things were locked up tightly on Thursday morning and it was about as Low a hazard as is possible.

If it is clear Thursday night, radiational cooling may provide another refreeze for another morning of corn, although I imagine it will be a much smaller window than Thursday morning.

Screenshot from Collins wx station Thursday morning. Cheesy photo, but sometimes a picture clearly tells the story.