I headed out late today but was still able to get up into the higher terrain. There was quite a bit of snow overnight, about a foot in the upper terrain. The new snow is light density and skied very well. The wind transported snow overnight and cornices and wind slabs are now formed. The newly loaded snow is very sensitive. I was able to get a few small slides to run by simply approaching the edges. There was moderate collapsing and cracking while walking around in low angle terrain. The snow pack does not yet have any sort of support. When taking my skis off to dig or fix skins, I sunk to my thighs. I've been digging around quite a bit over the last week and today was the first time I was able to get an ECTP failure on top the various facet layers (about 2 feet deep in this location).





