Small wind slabs and good skiing

Skied the Banana today with 8-12” of new snow that has mostly bonded. The snowpack below the new snow had froze over night and was well consolidated. 

Observed a layer of graupel (3-4mm grains) at the new/old interface on the NE ramp starting at 8600’ and clearing up after 8700’.  This layer created some reactivity in the storm snow.
Wind slabs <6” had formed on N and NE aspects. We had one small release in the bottom of the couloir measuring ~10x20’ and running ~50’. 
 

Other than that, the skiing was amazing and manageable.