Relay Peak Snowpit

Observations from the Relay Peak area; between Mt. Houghton and the towers.  Inconsistent snow depth of 40-75cm with large areas of wind blown snow up to 5' deep.  Still very thin for consistent, confident turns on a snowboard or snowmobile.  Snow pit compression tests showed weaknesses within the new storm snow, with failures 20cm from the surface on a thin weak layer.  On numerous test slopes with a snowmobile, there was no unstable reaction or propogation. A 2cm facet layer at the base of the snowpack looked to be in a stabilizing trend and I saw no unstable results on this layer.