Observations from Tallac

Started up Tallac in a cold foggy inversion and quickly emerged to sunny warm temps above the cloud layer. 6 mm Surface Hoar greeted me just above the inversion, but it disappeared above a little above 7000 feet. Evidence of previous wind scouring was present in the Tallac North Bowl where reverse ski tracks were widely visible. At 8000 feet I diverged off the ridge and dug a quick pit in a below tree line north facing clearing. The surface snow was wet here but cold wintery snow remained just below the surface. Above 9000 feet most of the north facing snow surface was firm from previous wind scouring, while south and east facing slopes had areas that had softened from the sun and warmth. 

Photo 1: Surface Hoar growing roughly from 6400 - 7200 

Photo 2: On a north facing slope around 8400 feet, ski pen was about 15 cms (and great for snow glopping) 

Photo 3: Quick snow pit on north facing slope. 

Photo 4: Impressive inversion today. This lasted all day. 

Photo 5: Previous loose wet slide debris. I explored test slopes and thin areas around rocks in this area but only saw small rollerball activity. It appeared that much of this terrain already saw loose wet slide activity.