This a zone which had not (old snow) avalanched during the Christmas cycle. mid/ basal layering pretty strong and likely not a factor before the spring thaw. The 26 Dec weakness (underlying the New Years wind pressed crust) had compressed quite a bit and was pretty subtle (only able to pick it out with shovel tests)- seems to have gained strength. Curious to see how the recent crust/ adjacent HST take to future metamorphose/ loading