Boot penetration 10 inches (25cm) and ski penetration 7 inches (17cm)
Toured from Independence Lot to Cross Hill to assess storm snow. Above Independence Mine there is over 10 inches while below Fishhook Lot there is 6-7 inches. With zero visibility I was unable to see any avalanches. I did not enter avalanche terrain and other than new snow penetration did not witness cracking or whumphing.
Boot penetration 10 inches (25cm) and ski penetration 7 inches (17cm)
Overcast skies with S1 rate of snow, about 0.5 inches (1cm) per hour. The recent storm began on 1/13 around 3pm and ended around 5pm on 1/14 with 7-10 inches in 26 hours. The winds remained light with some moderate gusts near peaks and exposed ridgelines.
Soft with minimal wind affect. Stellars and Dendrites that were rimed, between 2-6mm in size. The storm snow was dry with right-side-up characteristics.
Shallow snowpack areas are well facetted and unconsolidated. Subsurface crusts and wind hardened layers have been weakened by faceting during the cold & dry weather. These weakened layers do have the potential to fail under moderate forces in stability tests. I did not see propagations in my ECTN13@74; CT14@74 BRK