Beehive

Beehive

Date

AAI pro 1 back in beehive. No signs of avalanche activity in the last 48 hrs. Improving bond between new snow and interface, even on solar crusts. Dug in thin W @9200 ft (HS 120-160), found poor structure with 3-5mm depth hoar in 2/6 pits, hard ECTP results in those 2. That being said this site was not representative of the general snowpack, HS tended to be over 200, especially on E above 9k. New snow issues decreasing, seems possible to find PWL in this area, would be suspicious of thin alpine. Solar crusts beginning to form on S and W, NSF and surface hoar development on all aspects in the am, cooked on solar but preserved on N, E.

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Sam h