Shovel tilts along Becker Ridge

Warm day along Becker Ridge, with wet surface snow and no SH on sunny slopes, though SH began forming again in the afternoon as temps cooled. SH and facets on the surface on cold slopes including indirect sunny. Widespread pine needles on the surface indicated previous winds, though no signs of wind transport were observed in the snow itself and SH remained mostly intact. 12/4 SH layer was still down only 10-15cm, with no slab development observed above it.

Pic 1: On sunny slopes, water has percolated down to 12/4 SH layer and formed an ice layer.

Pic 2: Signs of settlement even on cold slopes.

Pic 3: I performed numerous shovel tilts on both sides of the ridge to observe the 12/4 SH layer, and this is one of the cleaner ones. Most of them had more lumps and were more obviously Q2. 12/4 SH feathers not very distinct either. The snow above the 12/4 SH layer was faceted, and no slab development was observed.