Clear skies and no wind from sunrise until about 11:45 when the clouds rolled in, visibility went flat and the wind started to pick up.
Observation: Chugach State Park
Location: Wolverine
Toured from Basher trailhead to the base of the Wolverine Bowl at ~3,200ft. I wanted to see if the graupel that fell near the airport on Tuesday also fell in the mountains and might become a new weak layer. The good news is I did not find any graupel in many hand pits I dug along the route. The bad news is here was not enough base in the alpine under the new snow to make turns fun, so I turned around. There was an OK base under the new snow below ~3,000ft in the alder and hemlock zone. The skiing is better lower.
No red flags. I found 20-35cm / 8-14″ of low density fluffy snow over the old hard base below treeline, or over bare ground in the alpine. No slab formation at all yet. I did not dig into the old snow.
Weather
Snow surface
20-35 very light new snow
the "snowpack" in Wolverine Bowl is a foot of fluff over tundra and rocks, it's better below alder line
The view looking over the end of the ANC runway toward The Tordrillos, while Anchorage was in the fog.