There is new snow, though it is dense, slow, and underlain by a breakable rime crust from the weekend. The good news is that it is making excellent base material and continuing to accumulate slowly but steadily, and the snow level is below the Eaglecrest base elevation so the lower portion of the ski area is getting snow.

We found some shooting cracks in drifted areas but they were small and localized. Other signs of instability were minor or absent. Most areas scored a moderate energy #3 on the Slab Test, fracturing irregularly over more than half the undermined area.

Our block tests on a 44° slope yielded a fairly weak #4 (first gentle jump) on the Rutschblock and AK Block at average shear quality (RB4Q2, AK4Q2) and a weak #2 (just stepping onto the block) at average shear quality on the Cutback AK Block, (CAK2Q2), all on the 129cm rime crust and hardness change.

The Cutback AK Block also fractured on multiple hard jumps at average shear quality on the 83cm faceted melt freeze crust (CAK6Q2). Though this lower layer did not show great weakness in our tests it bears watching because it is a faceted melt-freeze layer, known to be unpredictably weak and variable, and is overlain by persistently weak and sugary faceted grains.

We rated the strength as -, the stress as ~, the energy as +, and the structure as +, where + indicates a stronger snowpack, - weaker, and ~ neutral.

These layers are not particularly sensitive today but there is weakness in the snowpack and stability could change if there is loading by new snow or wind.