Started touring this morning around 9:15 under partly cloudy skies, cool temps, and a couple cm of new snow. Getting to Porter Pass around 11:30, I experienced light winds gusting moderate out of the SSW, cold temperatures, and moderate wind transport along exposed ridgelines. There was extensive natural point-release cycle at the end of the storm yesterday with almost all high-angle terrain running. Looking into BCC, the only notable avalanche was a D2 point release out of lower Bonkers (Broads Fork). North aspects remained cool all day and skiing was very surfy and fun. South facing slopes also held up very well in the sun and allowed nice, creamy skiing. A party skiing a SE aspect around Porter Pass reported a loud, large collapse.

Looking below the surface, the snow in this area is in worse shape than favored areas like upper LCC. While in favored areas there is noticeable 'healing' in the snowpack, that is not true in Porter Fork. The base of the snowpack is beginning to bridge, but it is very sporatic. We will see a lot of spatial variability over the coming weeks as some areas will continue to gain strength while other areas will just begin to gain strength. With the series of storms coming over the next few days, I will continue to treat any west-north-east facing slope as suspect and keep to the areas <30°.