Single digits to teens °F
Light south winds, moderate on ridge
Clear skies
Observation: Turnagain
Location: Sunburst
Standard uptrack
Parking for 8-12ish cars with tight passing room
Weather
Snow surface
Ski/boot pen: 15cm/35cm
Powder in leeward and protected terrain, and wind pressed surface conditions in exposed terrain
Snowpack
Sunburst
Testpit #1
2367'
West aspect
Buried surface hoar (2-3mm)↓12cm in this location
Nothing else noteworthy
Testpit #2
3200'
Southwest aspect
CT24 ↓20 on Buried surface hoar (2-3mm)
ECTX
January Facet layer (4F hardness) was ↓150cm surrounded by 1F
Above the Jan. facets the structure in this location was right side up
General:
Shovel tilt test at both testpit locations gave hard results at the BSH.
Hand shear testing at multiple locations gave us moderate to hard non planar results.
Wind exposed aspects above treeline were wind pressed, 1F harness
We saw insignificant tiny patches of 2mm surface hoar formation in wind protected areas, but suspect this could be an concern in other locations.
2-3mm Buried Surface Hoar found 12-20cm below the surface
No noteworthy results during ECT testing, but investigation was fun in the sun
Any slopes exposed to recent winds showed signs - this was about the most significant at 1F hardness on the ridge
View toward Magnum shoulder - remnants of a small avalanche near the common uptrack
Shovel Tilt test failing at the BSH ↓20cm in testpit #2