Travel today was along the PC Ridgeline from Guardsmans Gate > Scott's Hill > Antennas > South Monitor on S-W-N-NE aspects. Objective was to see how our poor structure handled the recent load and to observe how the new snow is bonding to the old snow surfaces. Visibility was quite good throughout the day despite intermittent low clouds rolling through, and we did not observe any recent avalanches. New snow seemed to be bonding well to the old snow surfaces. We observed many collapses on NW and N aspects. We dug a pit next to a booming collapse on a North slope at 9900', at the top of Katie's, and got full propagation in the old snow (ECTP-12 51cm beneath the surface).

While the recent load did not seem to tip the scales of our PWL problem, we stayed away from steep W-N-E aspects and found great riding elsewhere. With a dearth of snowfall in the forecast, I'll be paying attention to the upper snowpack in regards to slab development (hardness and connectivity) or weakening snow.