Tour today was along the ridge east of the Three Temptations. Numerous downed trees and bent-over willows made for difficult traveling in lower elevations. Our high point was 8,000', which is the lowest point of the mid-elevation band on our danger rose, so our observation reflects lower-elevation snowpack conditions.

Overall a stable snowpack where we were looking. One pit on a SW aspect at 7,500' was ECTX (no fracture with extended column test) and we could not get a fracture with the PST as the weakest snow was damp facets and depth hoar down near the ground.

The entire snowpack below 8,000 was moist - an isothermal snowpack on January 5.

Another pit on a NE aspect at 7,600' was also ECTX, with a CT 28/Q2 down 60 cms in a slight density inversion within recent storm snow.

Photos of two recent natural avalanches we saw above Deer Creek. The second photo was on an east aspect at ~8,000'

Numerous down trees and snow-covered low-elevation willows and shrubs make for challenging approaches and exits.

Timp getting ready for another storm.