Faceting in Taylor Fork - Video

We rode from Sage Creek trailhead to the weather station. After we got everything installed, we headed to Sunlight Basin to dig. There was about 12-15 cm of new and wind drifted snow. On the walk to the pit location we noticed the snow was punchy. HS was 94 cm on the E aspect. We got an ECTP 13 on a layer of 2 mm facets 44 cm down from the surface. New and wind drifted snow put a substantial slab on top of this weak layer. After we dug our pit visibility improved, and we saw a R1-D1 across the bowl that looked recent. While sledding around the area we noticed faceted snow in the middle of the snowpack in multiple locations.