Avalanches: No signs of instability. No recent activity.
Weather: S-1 to S1 throughout the day. Overcast skies. Light winds with minimal transport.
Snowpack: ~2″ of new, low-density snow.
On NE and E aspects near treeline, the storm interface is smooth windboard, and the new snow was not bonding well to this surface. Lots of shallow, harmless sluffing. Dug one pit on a wind loaded NE aspect. About 120cm of 1F+ slab over 4F+ 1.5mm rounding facets. No results in ECTs or with additional loading steps on deep tap ECTs. The surface (below the new snow) was 1cm, 1F wind crust over small grained facets. The starting zones that we traveled near had variable snow depths due to previous avalanches and wind affects.

Below treeline, the storm interface is fist hard near surface facets, ~1mm, and several hand pits showed multiple facet layers in the upper 25 cm of the snowpack; not problematic until a slab arrives. Snow depth was generally about 70 to 90 cm deep, with a few shallower and faceted/unsupportive areas on steep rollovers.

Avalanches: Observed several fresh windslabs from wind earlier this week on E-SE facing slopes, one D2, but far away and hard to photograph.
Weather: Clear, Sunny, Calm. Intense solar. temps ranged between 0-15ºF
Snowpack: Still a relatively deep snowpack out cement creek. Near and above treeline areas definitely still hold concerning structure and producing concerning long column results. ECTP18 SC at basal facets in 85cm pit at 11,800ft, at alpine transition was concerning. PST80/100arr 20161127. Key word is variable! some places scoured to ground, others 250cm+.

Xmas surface hoar distribution is spotty, but present. Found in meadows BTL, 15cm deep from surface. 2-3mm SH. shovel tilt produced clean shears but slab not stiff enough where I tested to see propagating ECT results.

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Avalanches:
Weather: Few clouds , no new precip, calm to light winds from the W, felt warm to day with a temp of -5C @ 10,0125’ @ 14:45
Snowpack: Overall improving below TL, noticed some rounding in the basel facets with a supportive mid-layer. Warm today, sun crusts developing on just about all S aspects below TL and some wind affected snow in open terrain below and near TL.

Avalanches:
Weather: Mostly sunny with sun warming snow surfaces on southerly facing slopes. Calm winds.
Snowpack: Quick test pit BTL on an ENE aspect showed more of the same with the basal facets 1.5/2mm in this area and rounding. CT result was moderate and sudden on the NSF interface 25cm down under a F to 4F- slab. No time for an ECT but ski tracks on suspect slopes showed this interface to be a non-issue currently. No signs to instability on suspect terrain other then some sluffing in steep terrain as the snow surface continues to weaken with the recent cold weather.

Avalanches: Observed 12/30
There were tracks to the left of it, but seemed like cornice fall trigger. Not a massive crown, almost like a point release that stepped down and ran on xmas layer, R3D1.5
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Avalanches: none observed.
Weather: Mostly sunny, strong radiation, becoming windier and cloudier from WNW by 1300. High temps in mid teens at 12,000ft.
Snowpack: Pretty encouraging snowpack across areas travelled today. Definitely evidence of significant wind transport, wind sculpted snow surfaces. Dug one profile, 10,800ft, near treeline, 33º, south facing. 150-200cm deep, right-side up snowpack, majority 4F-1F-P. Tested 12/22 interface with PST. no propagating results (PST60/100arr 20161222). Travelled steep, windloaded features with no cracking, no obvious instabilities.

Xmas surface hoar lying flat (good!) found as “ghost layer” when dropping column after tests.

Moderate wind transport at 12,000ft below Augusta

Avalanches: None.
Weather: Increasing clouds. Light winds. High of 37F.
Snowpack: Snow surface obs:
West aspects N/ATL: Heavily wind textured and scoured, highly variable across slopes from P to F hard wind packed rounds and facets.
East/Southeast aspects ATL. Mostly smooth, P to 1F .2mm wind packed rounds with early surface faceting.
South aspects NTL: Moderately smooth, 2cm breakable melt-freeze crust with early faceting beneath.