One snow pit had a column of snow propagate a crack, but it did take a couple hard hits from the shoulder. A little higher up the slope I took advantage of sledders trench and dug another snow pit where I could not get any results. Hopefully the snow conditions are moving in the right direction. Both snow pits are on a north facing slope above 9,500'.
Some old news, but noticed several old crowns where they all occurred around mid slope and interesting where the weak snow was more developed.
These upper elevation cold shady north facing slopes that went through a widespread natural avalanche cycle early in the winter, still have a thin snow pack and lots of weak snow.
Some minor wind slabs that would crack, but not too sensitive and these were on north and north east aspects.
Took a few minutes to dig a quick snow pit on a south aspect to see if I could find the crust facet combination that has been very active lately. It was less than a foot deep, the crust was fairly easy to find and there was some small faceted snow above the crust. A layer to watch over time.
