Ross peak east meadows

Toured up to the east facing meadows below Ross peak. I dug a pit on an east aspect at 7750’. HS125cm. I did an extended column test and got the following results: ECTN22 @80cm, Q1. No propagation. 0-38 was faceted crystals, 39-92 pencil slab, 93-113 fist slab and 114-125 was soft dry snow. In the top 5cm of the snowpack there were near surface facets. I observed some surface hoar on wind/sun protected aspects but it is not widely distributed, and was not present where I dug my pit. It was windy up there and snow was being transported along ridgetops. I did not see any wet avalanches, but the snow down in the brackett creek drainage was very mushy on my way back to the car.