24-25

Snow profile at head of Black Canyon

Quick loop on the sleds around Black Canyon. 50 cm (~20 inches) of snow at 8000'. Good layer of surface hoar on top, and the upper part of the snowpack is starting to facet. Non-issue for now with snow coming this week that could double the snowpack. 

South facing slopes have some damp snow.

Natural avalanche in Z-chute. observed 11/9. date of activity unknown.

From IG message: "Hey the post of super jogged my memory to send you this, a friend and I had whumpfing and cracks while skinning up the trees in the apron yesterday [11/6], we dug a pit and got an ect 4 collapse against the rocks. We were about halfway up the apron when we took this."

At 8000' just below the Sacajawea trail bowl, there is about 9" of snow.
 

Early season conditions. At 8000' just below the Sacajawea trail bowl, there is about 9" of snow. In the trail bowl, winds moved that snow around and there is nice firm, supportable (ie - not hitting rocks) snow. 
 

Warm weather really settled the snow and it became damp today on many sun exposed slopes. It stayed dry and cold on high north. 
 

Overall, the things seem quite stable, even though there may be a wind slab or two that could still avalanche.