Despite moderate to strong northwest winds overnight and storm totals of 35" reported for upper Little Cottonwood, it seemed safe to ski almost anywhere.

We were able to pry-loose a couple small pockets (15' wide and 8-12" deep) but only on very steep rolls . We did hear of an 20" deep 100' wide slide on high elevation east; a reminder that stubborn doesn't mean impossible. Today was less sensitive than yesterday. The weakness from yesterday's shallow touchy slides and todays deeper, more stubborn slides might not even be a player tomorrow.

With winds decreasing through the night and blowing lightly on Friday, new snow drifting should be limited.

Wet snow was not a problem between 8,800' and 10,500'. Cloud cover and temps in the low 20's kept the new snow cool. The melt-freeze and rain layer that was the surface at the beginning of the storm is now buried under a thick blanket, and it has cooled since yesterday. A frozen crust of varying thickness sits on top of damp melt freeze grains, but we saw no signs of water pooling in quick hand pits.

As for lower elevations: It looked like there might be some wet debris at the bottom of north facing mid-canyon couloirs, but visibility was limited.