Wind loading East of Echo Peak

Lots of wind and heavy snow! Hand hardness was fist (first 20cm) to 1 finger + down to the Feb 14 rain crust (at 130cm down). We conduced 2 compression tests with a CTE Q2 at 28cm down and a CTM Q2 at 59cm down. An ECT resulted in ECTN18 at 59cm down. The snow above the Feb 14 rain crust was bonding well and there was no evidence of a graupel layer above the Feb 14 layer. We skied the southeast ridge back to Wintoon Dr. it was very heavy snow.