My first time to the Uintas this snow season. Impressive amount of snow in places, although snow depths vary quite a bit depending on elevation, aspect and wind exposure. MLH had decent coverage for sled travel. Skinning between the road and where I dug a quick pit, I did not notice any signs of instabilities. No cracking or collapsing. Found a sheltered area on the east facing side of Bald Mt where I dug. Total snow depth was around 30". Top 20" was consolidated snow that fell between 11/26 & 11/30. It rested on a melt/freeze crust with a thin layer of facets above it and around 10" of sugar below it. The crust was not stout, having probably deteriorated with earlier November's high pressure. Isolated a column (Not an ECT) that came out CT17, Q2 on the facets above the crust. Not a lot of energy but a good clean shear.

Snow pack seems to be a little more stubborn to move but still isn't worth taking any chances on steeper terrain with old October snow. I imagine it wouldn't take a lot more weight to have that deteriorating crust fail resulting in deep slides to the ground. Sorry, no photo of pit as it came out blurry.