The main layer of concern is the old snow surface. It's hard to tell exactly when it was buried since we had several events this week that deposited an inch or two of low density snow. Regardless, there is a layer of old snow that is faceted to varying degrees about 20 cm's deep (8 inches). This layer consistently cracked when we stepped above a skin track or a pit wall. It mostly produced ECTN's but broke without much force. On easterly aspects there was a crust and some faceted snow under it. I think the solar input during really cold weather helped drive the faceting process more than on northerly aspects. We got ECTP's in these places.

Overall without a load of new snow today, there wasn't much of an avalanche concern. The danger was more LOW and MOD. Any new snow should stick to the snow surface pretty well which was warm and dense. The big question is: Will we get enough snow to cause avalanches on small facets and mixed forms (not totally faceted snow) which were generally 8 inches deep?