Yes, the usual suspect: a layer of faceted snow at mid pack is slowly gaining strength and stability. I did not dig a profile due to time constraints but I probed with my pole dozens of times. Yes, the layer is still down there but it's quite variable and the NW facing slopes in that bowl tend to be somewhat unrepresentative of the more dangerous aspects. I get the feeling, though, that the deeper snowpack in Little Cottonwood Canyon has allowed for more stable conditions than what I and others have been finding in the thinner snowpack areas. Many of the steeper E and N facing slopes in that drainage have tracks in terrain 35 degrees or steeper without incident. We're in one of those tricky, worrisome times when the snowpack slowly gains enough strength that the bolder travelers start to creep into bolder terrain. But with a little more snow load in the forecast for tomorrow, it will not only entice more travelers but add a little more weight onto the buried weak layers, which is sometimes a bad combination. I suspect that the deeper snowpack areas like LCC, ithe new load may not be enough to reactivate the deeper weak layers but in the thiner snowpack areas it might be just enough when provoked in just the right spot. I'm usually happy to let others experiment while I like to get a late start and watch from a distance.