A quick trip up to Togwotee Pass for a dig and a tour on Breccia Peak provided beautiful blue skies, some great turns and favorable observations in the snowpack.

While our observations today suggested the snowpack is trending towards stability…we had a few take aways.

Cons:

• The snowpack is very difficult to interpret
• The basal snowpack has several facet/crust combinations
• The snowpack height of 116cm is still considered shallow
• There is significantly less snow on southerly aspects (not to mention a wicked melt freeze crust)

Pros:

• The snowpack is gaining strength
• The snowpack is settling and compressing are space out of the facet layers
• There is not a good bed surface for sliding
• Failures in tests are under crusts

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