Hebgen Obs

This morning we went touring at Hebgen up to the ridgelines near the northern end of the lake. Winds were calm for the duration of our tour. Snow depths are still pretty shallow relative to much of the advisory area, around 95cm HS on the ridgelines at 9000 feet. We experienced no cracking or collapsing but kept a high degree of suspicion due to the shallow, weak snowpack and stayed off avalanche terrain. 

We encountered widespread surface hoar on east aspects above 8000 feet. There were enough intermittent clouds and lack of winds that I suspect it could be buried by the next round of snowfall. Time will tell!