Observation: Tony Grove Area

The weather was beautiful today and the new snow conditions were just as good. We travelled up to around 9000' and found shallow snowpack and a basal PWL were the biggest hazards, although we saw no red flags (other than poor structure) and only hit a rock or two on our sled ride out to ski, but there were certainly numerous other sharks out there. Complicated snowpack with variable depths, numerous crust layers, basal facets (both damp and dry), stout rain crust, and a half of a pack of new snow in the last few days with our first real shot of cold temps. The snow below the Xmas Eve crust was noticeably more moist/wet than the snow above.