Went to go check out what the snowpack in Neffs and Thomas Fork was looking like. Went up to the base of Hobbs chute and the snowpack was wind affected, but felt reasonably stable. We decided we could probably go for it and dug a quick pit on a NE, 30 degree aspect around 8900' at the mouth of the chute to see the snowpack structure and perform a quick ECT. The snow in the pit was expected to be reasonably representative of the chute, but with the understanding that the pack may change while heading up. ECTN14 failing on a buried, variably thick graupel layer roughly 30cm down. Below that the snow was solid and right side up, going from 4F to 1F hardness to the bottom of the pit. The wind slab was roughly 10cm thick on the top at 4F hardness. We decided to run up the chute and turn around if boot pen seemed to show unexpected changes in the structure. Ended up being able to ride the chute before the storm rolled in. Maybe a little luck, but we felt pretty confident in the snow structure.