Traveled mostly in north facing terrain today. Was on the lookout for buried surface hoar that formed earlier in the week under the new snow, but was not able to find any. I was finding buried faceted crystals but not surface hoar. The snow that fell over night fell straight down and was very low density.

Today's snowpit was on a NNW facing slope at 9500 ft. Height of snow was 220cm (7+ feet) and stability tests reflected a stable snowpack. The pack is deep and very homogenous with no temperature gradient and mostly one finger and pencil hardness with four finger hardness in the top 40 cms (16 inches). Basal facets were 1mm and damp. The top 60 cms (2') has several weak interfaces but there just isn't enough weight to activate these layers. More wind and water weight may make a difference but they seem to be adjusting and healing with time.

I found the snow to be stable and saw no signs of instability, with the weakest snow being the new snow. I would say low danger where we traveled today but moderate tomorrow with more wind and snow.

Light density new snow. Stellar dendrites and rimed stellars.