Mt. Ellis

No big surprises. Sun early gave way to overcast skies by ~2pm. Moderate west wind really only felt in the meadow and right at the ridgeline. At the ridgeline, ~8" of low density snow from recent storm cycle not bonded well to melt/freeze crust from last weekend. Easily slides off in hand shear tests, but has not yet formed a cohesive slab. I saw little to no evidence of significant wind slab formation. 

I dug near the summit and found 2 melt/freeze layers with weaker snow throughout. Consistent with recent forecasts, these weak layers were unreactive, producing ECT-X result. Snowpit attached. 

@ lower elevations, snow was generally faceted, thinner and weak. 2-3 inches of new snow in the meadow area. 

Obviously everything is likely to change in the next few days with warm weather in the forecast.