Snow greatly improved over the conditions found Wednesday. The wind event from Wed. has compacted the new snow from this week nicely. Travel about is doable.

There is a density change about 8" down.

I did do a lot of probing with the ski pole today. I dug one pit down to the facet layer to see how things are in the basement. The snow from this week is starting to form a more durable slab. The facets are maturing. They no longer run out of the base of the column like sand. My column broke 10" down with 4 taps from the wrist. Total snow depth is now up to 140cm in places.

The snow pack is now more complex. Up near the ridge on the lee side the snow is deeper and more compact sitting of a bed of facets. Further off the ridge below the wind load zone the pack is not as robust sitting on facets. Some areas have the ice layer and some do not. I feel that the pit is perhaps not as useful as the pole probing at this time.