Old snow depths ranged 20-50cm, with a set up similar to yesterday's obs from the Powder Mountain periphery: wet throughout (where not frozen), multiple crusts, and facets of varying size and rounding mixed in. We did find snow depths up to 1m in a few deposition zones immediately below steep (50-60 degrees) gullies and cliffs, though these were the exception.
The ample wind regularly moved the surface snow, and there was a bit of spin drift. We didn't note any hard slab formation, though we were certainly on the fetch side of the mountain. There was some soft slab cohesion, but with new snow seeming to bond well to the underlying crust, we did not experience any reactivity under foot. However, we did not travel as high as the summit ridge line, so can't comment much about the upper elevations.
Pictured below are 1) snow surface around 8000ft with a bit of a wind lip visible and some wind-scoured surface and 2) upper elevation W facing slopes above mid elevation rocky terrain.
