Skiing was very surfy. 85cm total snow depth
Test slope of 27° facing 90° east @9310’
CERC sits at 45 above the ground, facets below the crust are crushing out nicely. But, 40cm of heavy wet snow sits atop this thing now, with lots more on the way
ECT: Propagation at 18 at 67 cm on what appears to be the new Snow/old Snow interface although I did not observe any facets there.
PCT 29 the snow pack above the CERC collapsed onto the crust, but the column did not move.
To me it feels like you’re fairly likely to move the upper snowpack on the new snow interface and this alone could be problematic. And while the CERC seems pretty stout, the collapse I induced showed me the new snow is still sitting on a weak and areated layer of facets (see photo). Bottom line: I think things could be movin’ and groovin’ tomorrow, and not in a sexy way.
One last thing was the rollerballs I noted on the S facing aspect at about 9000’. Not really a problem but pretty odd in January.
