Our party triggered a large collapse just outside of the forest on the NW approach to this ridge (9400"). It sounded as if someone had set off an avalanche charge somewhere in the distance. A large portion of the snow pack sank about an inch, with visible cracking showing around the area.

I dug a pit at 9500 on the SW facing part of the ridge line on a 22 degree slope. My partners dug on the NW side of the ridge. I got an ECTP 6, and repeated the test with an ECTP 9. The failure occurred on the new/old snow interface, just on top of a thin crust about 30cm below the surface of the snow. A closer look at this interface revealed the formation of small facets in between the thin crust and the snow from we received from this most recent storm. My partners got ECTN results on the NW side of the ridge, but no ECTP results.