Went to Red Pine for a look today, haven't been there since before the last storm cycle, I was expecting to see a weakening snow surface with the development of NSF and surface hoar but was surprised at the lack of both in the terrain covered. Like I said earlier the upper portions of Red Pine are mostly wind hammered with wind crust, sun crust, sastrugi, and raised old tracks, not a good environment for the development of surface hoar or facets, especially when the wind keeps blowing day after day. Even in the more protected areas I was not finding any weakening of the surface snow, I think this is due to warm temperatures, and a low dew point, or dry air in laymen's terms the only surface hoar I could find was near water features in the drainage bottoms. The wind was still moving snow at the high elevations but at this point in time the amount of snow that is being transported has decreased as has the wind slab problem in my opinion. Did note one large avalanche that I haven't heard about on the NE facing lake shot, it looks to have run near the end of the storm cycle with an impressive crown and the debris hit the lake. Wet activity was held to a minimum with a breeze and partly cloudy skies, and most of the wet activity has already done its thing.

Photos: Wind moving snow on White Baldy, old avalanche in the Lake Shot, wet activity that remained crusted today, Surface hoar only found down by the creek.