6 inches of new snow at 0.7" SWE. The mountains got a much needed refresh and today was a great day. I found really fun "dust on crust" conditions on the solar aspects, and soft shallow powder skiing on the Northerlies.

I spent the day hunting around for the weak layer of snow responsible for the small skier-triggered avalanche on Tuesday. I am happy to say I was unable to find this layer as I dug a bunch of shallow pits around Julie's Backside, Prelude, Near Coyote Chute, in Funnel Trees, Showoff, and below the Snaggletooth Chutes. The weak layer in question is really spotty in its distribution. It should remain on everyone's collective radar at least through the next loading event. We should get a good shot of snow Thursday night through Friday and into Saturday. If this weak layer is going to produce any more avalanches, it will be during the upcoming storm. The distribution is so spotty, that I am not ready to include it in our avalanche problem types. The layer has popped up in steep, sparsely treed, northerly aspects near treeline and below. It is buried about 10" below the surface in areas that are not drifted. This layer is very weak and obvious, and if it exists, you will find it easily by digging a shallow pit. With a decent load, I expect it to produce collapsing and cracking.