This is the primary problem where we traveled today and we specifically wanted to know more about the snow at low elevation. The potential for deeper gouguing wet loose is possible on slopes >30 degrees and this was evidenced by some small slope testing.

This problem is trending stubborn to unreactive at mid elevation in this drainage out of the influence of wind. We targeted the 1/31 interface of near surface facets, and in some isolated locations, surface hoar. We performed over a dozen snowpack tests on W-NW facing terrain between 8,000' -8,500'. Numerous CT results showed initiation, but many were Restent Planar, with only a few Sudden Collapse on the aforementioned surface hoar (5mm-10mm). ECTN results on majority pits, with one propagating result on 10mm surface hoar.

The upper 25cm of snowpack has become moist, with the rest of the snowpack still dry at 8,500. Mid pack is stout 1F-P hard rounded grains. Basal facets are 2-3mm but showing signs of rounding and did not prove reactive in tests.

We did get visual of the upper white pine drainage at a break in the clouds around 330pm. The Birthday Chutes were looking like they had been crossloaded. The starting zone of the Tri Chutes is stripped bare from so many days of intense SW-W winds.