Instabilities at Skyland

Toured into the Baldhead Mountain area Monday. 

• Weather
  -Below freezing AM at valley locations (slight temp inversion, lack of solid refreeze in higher terrain) Rapid warm-up in PM. 
  -Skies broken during AM hours, turning to overcast in afternoon
  -Moderate afternoon snow showers
• Dug one pit on an ENE aspect @ 7100ft
  -ECTP 16 @ 70cm from surface, Q1, (facet-topped crust layer) 
  -Moist surface snow capped a 1F hardness slab sitting atop two crusts 60cm and 70cm from the surface
• Increasing pinwheel activity and moist surface snow kept conditions challenging throughout. 
• One large glide crack observed in the Lynx Creek area