28F in the parking lot. Light wind, light snow. Transitioned to rain around 2:00 pm. 38F when we left at 3:00 pm.
Observation: Turnagain
Location: Turnagain Front Side
Storm sledding day, rode below Seattle Ridge. Ended up following the power line for awhile. Dug a pit at 1000 ft.
Weather
Snow surface
Mixed bag of decently dry powder, to saturated surface snow. Stared to go mashed potatoes by 3:00 pm.
Snowpack
Dug at pit at 1,000 ft just below Seattle Ridge in a sheltered tree area. 280cm snow depth, generally right side up. CT13 at the new snow interface (~80cm down from surface). ECTP28 Q1 at the same layer. Entire column fell, kind of a big whoomph. Looked for buried surface hoar but only found faceted snow. Not super confidence inspiring, the remote triggers make sense. Hopefully this heals in the coming weeks.
Hardness Profile
ECTP28
Pit Location