We also dug a few quick hand pits on west and northwest aspects 10,300'-10,800' in elevation and in many of those locations it was a much thinner snowpack (less than 12") with 2 distinct crusts surrounded by facets and covered by the newest snow. There is a lot of spatial variability right now, which means that it is not consistent and we can't really say that there is one widespread problem that you may find everywhere and the best way to approach this is to check out each slope you would like to travel on or under as we start to get more snow this week. The new snow appeared to be bonded well to the old snow where we travelled.