Snowpack Obs from Mt Judah

We found a variety of snow surface conditions on our Mt Judah Tour today. The recent precip left a light layer of widespread graupel, and we found 2-3mm surface hoar between 7k' and 8k' in sheltered areas (photo).

Ridges were scoured and there was light wind transport and loading, although there isn't too much snow available for transport. We did observe a few wind slabs in obvious locations, but they were small and unreactive. 

North aspects held a mix of crusts and some unconsolidated snow above. 

Solar aspects were kept mostly frozen by the strong SW winds and clouds, but we did find some decent soft snow down low in areas that were sheltered from the wind and got a little time in the sun before the clouds came in. 

No signs of instability were observed today.