A Tale of Mush and Bush

Toured up Grant Ridge in hopes of finding some preserved dry snow on north facing up high. We found mush and bush.
 

• Snowpack was wet throughout from 3600'-6000'
• We dug a pit at 6600' on a NE slope and found 87cm of snow. The upper 28cm was moist/wet.
• Old snow (early october) amounted to a 19cm base of ice
• Observed wet loose activity on southeast facing slopes above tunnel creek. (picture attached)
• Around 13:00 we experience strong winds from the south. 20-25mph with gust up to 35mph. During our second lap around 14:30 the winds had died down, 5-10mph.
• During the strong winds, we observed flagging on Grant and Great Northern. Meaning that the south facing slopes around 8800' still harbored dry snow despite the warm spell last night/today.