Broken skies, light South wind, no blowing snow, no precip
Observation: Turnagain
Location: Sunburst
Traveled main skin track to access Sunburst. Veered north at 1600ft elevation to access untracked W facing 20 degree slopes near tree line. HS averaged 50cm with new snow totals measuring between 2-3″ (6-8cm). New storm snow was loose and unconsolidated, and it fell on a snowpack made up entirely of weak (fist hard) facet layers. There is still a visual trace of the Nov 16th buried surface hoar down 40cm from the snow surface. Tests had no results, CTN and ECTX.
Weather
Snow surface
Loose, unconsolidated new storm snow, averaging 2"-3" or 6cm-8cm
Snowpack
Loose storm snow overlying a shallow snowpack of made up of facets, over facets, and more facets. HS 50cm
CTN, ECTX