Skied E and NE facing above 10'000ft today in Red Pine, the E facing had a firm crust underlying the new snow and the NE had soft settled powder under the new snow. The only activity noted was long running sluffs of the new snow on the hard bed surface, the sluffs on the high NE were not as long running or as energetic because the bed surface was not frozen and slick. The damp snow from last weeks rain event has frozen up nicely and has strengthened the snow pack were it resides. Cool temperatures and not much sun kept the S facing from going off in the terrain covered but the light density snow will shrink fast when it gets kissed by the spring sun. I would think the wet activity will be minimal and manageable because of the lack of much new snow, and most of the wet activity got taken care of last week with warm temperatures and high elevation rain. The wind was not blowing very hard but hard enough to fill in skin tracks on the ridge line by the the second use.

Photos: skier triggered sluffs where there was a hard bed surface, and one long running natural sluff above the lake, skin track getting blown back in on the second use, dust on crust on the high E facing.

I think the biggest hazard out right now is a slide for life in steep complex terrain