Mt. Ellis

Another day of nice skiing on Mt. Ellis.  Dug a quick pit to the ground at the top of the burn, east aspect.  100 cm total snow depth, top 20 cms was was light snow with increasing in density with depth.  At 20 cms there was a bump in density and no real "crust" layer.  We skied some steeper slopes and saw no signs of instability.

...Additonal information for my mt ellis post, 1/17/2025.  My description of the pit snow profile left out the bottom 15-20 cms which was the ever present sw montana faceted snow.  It did show signs of healing.