Republic Creek Area

We were in Cooke for the last 3 days skiing around Republic Creek. North of town, the snowpack starts around 8700. South of town is holding snow better with its aspect. We skied and toured every aspect around Woody Ridge and Republic. Slopes that don’t see sun are holding “powder” from weeks ago, but are very rotten and easy to punch a pole down to the ground. Slopes that see the sun have an obvious crust layer. Snow depth varies from upwards of 4 feet in gullies to 1.5 feet in the valleys.  There was a very reactive wind slab from the dusting of snow and high wind that occurred over the holidays. We observed it to be 3 inches deep at its max.