West Central Montana Avalanche Center

NE slope; 8000n Feet; 30cm new snow past 14hrs - Storm came in cold and somewhat calm last night so surface hoar was buried, then storm warmed and is collapsing on buried surfact hoar 30cms down - upper warmer snow is continuing to consolidate. The rest of snowpack is strong, despite persistant weak layer that still exists deeper (>70cms) in snowpack.

Talus at base of pit so temp at ground was reading -3ºc

In pit today on NNE slope around 7500 feet snowpack was 127cm. 500 feet up and below ridgeline snow depth was 157cm. A newer storm slab from warmer snows is sitting on less consolidated snow and reactive (though stubborn) in tests. Persistant weak layer deeper in snowpack was not reactive today for the first time in 5+ weeks.

snow was approaching but had not arrived