The Elizabeth Pass sign is usually a good indicator of how the winter is going and it is often times fully buried or just the top is exposed.

A snow pit on an east facing slope at 10,180' north of the pass showed 125cm/50" and generally a decent looking snowpack at that location. There was a couple layers that failed in the upper part of the snow pit with hits from the elbow. These weak layers were the old snow surface prior to recent snow and wind events. I did not get any layers to propagate a crack across the column.

Pretty classic High Uinta weather day with strong winds blowing across the upper elevations, looks like a Colorado continental snow pack up there.

The north side of Elizabeth Pass is a large flat area where there is very little to stop the wind and large amounts of wind drifted snow are deposited onto the north facing slopes. I think some of the riders call this area " Airplane Flats".