Shirley Canyon

Toured up through Shirley canyon from the Palisades base area to gather some observations before the snow comes. I stayed to N aspects due to the lack of coverage. Consistently there was 20-35cm on NW-N-NE aspects. As soon as the aspect became E or S there was bare ground. In the snow pack there was a 1cm crust over unconsolidated facets. The base ol that touched the ground was 2cm of near ice snow from the first storm.

This was consistent until I got to a slightly higher area at tree line. On a N facing aspect I noticed shooting cracks as I skinned and found a 6-10cm wind crust on a convex roll. The wind crust was isolated in pockets at treeline.