Surface Hoar breaking on Mt. Abundance

Surface Hoar breaking on Mt. Abundance

I found a weak layer of surface hoar buried two feet deep in four of my six pits, but they propagated in only two.  This one took 32 hits to get it to go, a sign of strength, while another on Henderson Bench scored ECTP21.  We saw a few avalanches from Wed-Thur, but these were small and on very steep terrain.  Photo: GNFAC

Cooke City, 2015-01-12