Observation: Talking Mountain Cirque

I am still not seeing cracking, collapsing, or propagating pit results. We still don't have an avalanche problem, but this pit displays a slab over a weak layer. The top 8 inches of snow is moist, and it was relatively easy to make a snowball. Pretty wild for late December in a high-elevation, continental mountain range. The temperature profile looks like what you would see in springtime, just before the pack goes isothermal. Note that the grain types are rounding facets throughout. Not something you would expect to see in late December with an HS of 54cm. (These are still facets, and will continue to behave like facets). We have seen very strange weather for this time of year, resulting in an odd snowpack. This makes me wonder if we will see abnormal avalanche activity with future loading events.