We had a hard man dawn at the trailhead kind of start and almost immediately questioned our optimism when there were few other takers for the upper LCC experience. Great parking. There was a definite crust of mostly a sun variety on south facing. Toledo and pole line did not seem very wind impacted, but you could here it whipping. Anything with a touch of east was drastically less crusty and anything with a touch of west drastically more crusty. Skies were over cast and a little grapple flurry moved in around 11. We were hoping for a bit of a crust softening warm up that did not happen. Pit:

9200 SE

HS 185

20° grapple 15cm down

ECTN29 25cm down (below last storm graupel layer)

Did not isolate down to PWL put poked down there and still very weak.

Snow wall felt more inconsistent when running saw through it than my hand hardness shows. Like learning to drive stick, very jerky moving down. Perhaps no new news but thought I'd take the opportunity to dig a hole and in upper lcc and not get judged by your 1000 closet bros. Tried to cover it up well. Mischief managed.