SSE, S and SW aspects picked up enough solar to get damp, though the heavy density of the snow due to the wind packing prevented it from taking on enough warmth, and as a result the roller ball activity was reduced to a miniumum at the upper elevations. M/F crusts will be in place on Thursday with depths of 2 cm to a zipper depending upon aspect. It appeared that SSW took the biggest hit. At mid to lower elevations the warmth and sun played a much bigger part in creating widespread Wet Loose activity and roller balls.

Overall the winds have reeked havoc in the upper alpine on NW, W and WSW aspects. Both upslope and cross slope wind packing and loading created various thicknesses of wind crust, sastrugi and sculpting. Out of the wind affected areas, the snow has definitely settled significantly and become more more dense over the past 48 hours. Regardless, in unaffected areas in the upper alpine the riding is still very good on dense settled powder. The best and least dense powder appeared to be at mid elevations on the upper half of the compass. Fortunately the east aspect appeared to survive due to early morning cloud cover and cold temperatures.