No significant new snow over night. Broken sky with brief moments of small clearing above treeline, but mostly overcast through the day. Winds Nil. Precipitaion Nil. temps in high teens at treeline.
Observation: Douglas Island
Location: Boulder Chute
Toured up standard Stewart up track to bottom of Wedding Bowl and on to Boulder Chute area. Exit route fall line of final run to Eaglecrest parking lot. Snow pack thin in lower trees with many creek and vegetation obstacles.
Weather
Snow surface
Surface Hoar...very pretty
Snowpack
Snow Pit: 2360ft. NE aspect. Slope angle 34 degrees. Air temp 14F. Height of snow 205.
CT 23 non planer break 55cm down on melt forms above crust suspected from thanksgiving day.
CT 22 non planer break 55cm down on melt forms above crust suspected from thanksgiving day.
ECTX
Boot top powder...Fast moving sluff while riding steeper slopes...all aspects at and below treeline.