Snow pit on Rowton peak above serene lakes

ECT just over the ridge line on steeper slopes showed surprising stability.  10-25cm dry new snow on top is being actively transported and filling tracks in less than 20 mins from ridge line down a few hundred feet.

Persistent deep very firm layer (pencil at this location) around 45cm deep remains poorly bonded to neighboring layers and easy to identify. ECT resulted in sloughing only at shovel site of very dry loose snow on surface with no propagation. No other failures. Only able to shear deep layer under full body weight loaded from above in boots.