Wind transport at/above 9,000. Wind crust developed and was impenetrable near summit.
About 2 inches fresh snow on the SE ridge, but the chutes skied closer to 4-5 fresh.
220cm deep snow pack at pit site
9863 NE aspect, 28 degree slope, wind NNE 8-10 mph.
Dug 190cm deep, found sugary meltforms around 180-190 down. Other than that, snowpack was dense and right side up.
Thin (~3cm) weak layer of small (<1mm) meltforms at 80cm down.
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