Although there were some wind drifts, everything was still pretty soft and mostly moderate density powder. This new snow is already starting to form a soft slab, especially where wind has gotten to it. When we peeked above tree line above the northwoods, wind drifts were more pronounced, and snow was still being actively transported. We weren't sure how much snow we would find as the Gold Basin snow gauge had some crazy readings. We checked the gauge at ~2pm and there was 12" of new snow and a total depth of 36" at the stake. We dug a quick pit to look at the storm interface at ~10,400 ft on a sheltered north face and observed ~51" of total snowpack, deeper than expected. A quick CT test did get a CT5 Q2 at the old snow interface (40" off ground), but the result was a gradual fracture that was not very planar. We did note some graupel at that interface that probably fell at the beginning of the storm. After clearing that top storm snow, we continued the CT test and had a CT8 Q2 result at 32" off the ground that did pop out a little bit, but was also not super planar. Could not really pick out what that was failing on, but the underlying snow was a bit coarser grained. I think the snow is adjusting to the new snow and will probably stop reacting in a day or so. However, this was a very sheltered aspect, and wind loaded areas will be a different story.