Scout Peak Obs

We started our tour at 0930 and air temps were below freezing around -2.5 C @ 7200 feet. The skin up below tree line displayed mostly near surface facets (NSF) in shaded areas. Sunny aspects had formed a thin melt freeze crust (MFC) above the NSF and was no more than 1-3 cm thick. Surrounding slopes were shallow with rocks, stumps and logs exposed but was obvious and easy to avoid. At the top of Scout peak around 8400' surface conditions remained the same, except for exposed areas where wind affect and some small wind slabs were present. Within the pit profile there was a wind slab present, it was not bonding to the NSF below and released under the first strike of both the CT and ECT test. However no other results occured below the wind slab in either test. The pit profile picture shows a tapered slab and at any thickness it was not bonding whatsoever. Continuing on we crossed some south facing aspects in the early afternoon that were softening up and providing some boot pen at 8-10 cm.