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Dry Fork East 10,060'

ECTN results in the top 2' of the snowpack. These will settle out over time. Overall ECTX with failure on faceted graupel layer above a pencil hard rounded grains with propagation x2 after ECTX with a hard shovel pry. I would be surprised if this layer was the culprit in further avalanches.
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SSW 9740'

Amazing to find a southwest facing slope with this much dry snow and so few crusts at the end of March. HS was more than 465cm. I couldn't find the bottom with a 300cm probe. Propagation at 340cm after ECTX on the ice crust. I couldn't find signs of a major grain hand hardness change above the crust. Some ECTN's in the top 3' of the snow- not repeatable. Surface crust with NSF above is worth noting as we move forward.
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