Overcast skies for most of the morning until around 11:30am when skies started to break
Calm-light winds in the valley, at ridgetop and summit winds were light, gusting moderate from the SE
Air temp and winds felt warm!
No precip
Observation: Chugach State Park
Location: The Wedge
Toured from Glen Alps Trailhead, down powerline pass trail and up hidden lakes valley to The Wedge early in the morning
Weather
Snow surface
A wonderful spring mix of snow surface conditions (and lack of) observed. SF Campbell Creek/Powerline valley was mostly wind board and a surface 5cm thick melt-freeze crust between the glades. Bare ground and wind board galore in the alpine.
Snowpack
Dug a quick CT and ECT in two separate spots below the summit ridge of The Wedge on a loaded north aspect, no notable results. Snowpack structure in the alpine consisted of ~30cm of advanced facets on the ground with varying thickness of hard wind slab on top.
Hmm, I wonder where the winds come from..?
Looking SE from summit
Looking towards Powerline Pass from summit