Pit at Granite Lake

Climbed the icy skin track to Granite Lake below Maggies and dug a pit. There has beenb a ton of traffic above the Bayview camprground and much of the snow down low has been tracked out and with a trace of new snow, is incredibly slick. Once a couple hundred feet of elevation has been gained, climbing conditions improve. 

Photo 1: Around 1cm of new snow with noticeable graupel. This is sitting on top of the 1/4 rain crust that is fairly thin and easily breakable at this location. This new snow/crust combo sits on top of some very soft near surface facets. 

Snow in this location was a relatively shallow 98 cms but coverage is adequate for ski travel.