Snowpit from Benson Hut

Our group has been up at Benson Hut since Friday evening. We dug a pit today and observed about 3’ of new snow on top of 18” of new snow from yesterday. An obvious weak layer was observed between yesterday’s snowfall and today’s. A compression test failed   roughly 12” down and failed again at roughly 36” and then again at roughly 60”. Pit was dug at north/northwest facing aspect. 10-15 sustained mph winds, down from the night before. It snowed consistently all day today. New snow accumulations totaled about half of total snowpack. We hit ground at about 12-15’ down.