Mt Blackmore

Skied Mt Blackmore this morning. Skinned up the SE ridgeline and dug a pit at 9700ft on a 25 deg S facing slope. 120cm snow depth, 15cm of new snow on top of a stout ice crust. No unstable stability test results, facets at the ground were moist and 4F. The remainder of the snowpack was very well bonded and almost hard to cut with a snow saw. Did observe a few small crowns that appear to have broken within the new snow on steep terrain across the basin.