Paola Creek

Good touring, turns and getting better.

• Found good snow condidtions on south, east and north aspects.
• Good turns from the 7200' down to the vally bottoms.
• We found 4-5" of new snow overlaying the previous weeks rounds of small storms.  
• There was no evidence of Tuesdays strong winds as reported elsewhere in the Middle Fork.  Winds were light throughout the day.
• Skies were overcast all day.
• In several hasty pits, there is an average of 22" on top of the 2/1 rain crust.  In some areas the crust is starting to deteriorate and others it is still well intact.
• The 2/5 frezzing rain crust is on average, buried about 14".  
• The top 22" was well bonded to the 2/1 ice crust, however we were finding clean planar shears right below (facets) the 2/5 freezing rain crust (1/16").  Took a bit to get these to reveal themselves in several hasty pits.
• The old Paola Road is getting pretty grown over.
• Thanks to who ever flagged the exit down the north side of the creek to the tracks.