The snow that fell during the first part of the storm system was more dense than the last several storms that have come through the area. The snow was moderately dense with a variety of flakes that fell during my ski. I noticed large stellar flakes, small needles and a very brief period of graupel and ice pellets. At least for the beginning part of the storm wind did not seam to play a factor below tree line. Currently we do not have much of a snow pack in the La Sal Mountains, but while I was skinning up the Laurel highway I was able to collapse at least half a dozen pockets in the first 2 meadow that have a more northerly aspect. These meadow appear to have held snow from our previous storms, with close to 12" in places. As I was skinning up through the meadows I repeatedly felt collapsing as I went. Several of these collapses had a domino effect and I could hear them reverberate out from my position. This is not a big deal right now, because we still do not have enough snow to access the backcountry, aside from some low angle meadow skipping, but as more storms roll through the area opening up our terrain we should all keep in mind that the snow pack is setting up to be our usual upside down La Sal layer cake with a nice sugary layer of facets on the bottom waiting to collapse under the weight of additional storm slabs, wind loads or powder starved skiers.