Near Surface Facets on Maggie's

Warm day alternating between clouds and sun on Maggies. Very thin coverage on lower half of area. Some areas with large rocks were unskiable even at upper elevations here. 

Primary observation was of very uncohesive faceted surface snow distributed widely. 

Photo 1: Open area at 8400 feet on ridge between Maggie's Peaks showing NSFs but no Surface Hoar. Digging down in this open area there was 15 cms of very uncohesive soft snow. 

Video: Riding down N/NE slopes from summit and was surprised by amount of Loose Dry snow moving in response to turns on steeper slopes. Previous turns (before camera came out) were even more impressive. Not enough snow to knock someone down, but an indication of how faceted the surface snow is becoming in areas like this.