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Signs of Unstable Snow

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We did a morning lap to sample the classics on east Skyline. Snow at the top on the W side of the ridge was obviously scraped and we encountered less than awesome skinning on our way to pt 5447. We chose to do a short shot to see if conditions were worth a drop to the West. The first 30 feet are forgettable but dropping out of the wind effect areas was great but...

It's deep on leeward slopes! East slopes have a lot of deposition that is unconsolidated and significantly deeper than similarly angled open terrain on the west. Moonlight main was 50-80 cm deep and we did not hear or feel any crust until we entered thicker trees below 4400ft.

Actively snowing through the whole tour including a brief round of graupel. Estimated 1.5 inches over 3 hours.