Sorry for the late ob, team.
On Saturday, we went up Paola ridge looking to find something soft. We started with crust with a few centimeters of dust at the Dickey trailhead, and quickly got boxed in by Dickey Creek, which was running strong with no snow bridges. Some creative navigation saw us gaining altitude--south aspects were more punchy while breaking trail, while NE were more supportive. We expected to get away from the crust at some point, but it was still there (though more deeply buried) all the way to 7000ft.
We dug three holes, two on a NNW aspect at 6900ft. One, the photo included, showed evidence of the temperature fluctuating during the storm, yet we didn't see any propogation in this pit. The other, nearer the ridgetop, had propogation with hard force (ECTP 27). We dug again at 7150 on a NE aspect and results were unremarkable. The crust came up closer to the surface by 6500ft.
As evidenced by the attached photo, there were crowns and wet debris in every direction we looked, and on all sides of the compass. Of particular note was a striking crown to the south on the east face of Cameahwait.
We exited to Dickey Cr on the S face, which had picked up a surface sun crust during the day. This thickened as we descended, which caused some funny moves while skiing. Of note: there are a couple snow bridges left to cross the North and South forks of Dickey to regain the Dickey Road, but you may have to look around for them.
