Monitoring Dec 1 PWL on Elephants Hump

We toured around Elephants Hump on Carson Pass to monitor the Dec 1 persistent weak layer.  We decided to dig several test pits and do snowpack tests at different elevations and locations where the faceted layer exists.  At lower elevation (38.69621 -119.96720)  we dug on a NE aspect at 8000'.  This area had the Dec 3 rain crust present in the mid snowpack which limited boot pen and we had a ECTP-29 on the facets near the base of the snowpack.  At 8700' ( 38.68934 -119.97619) on a north aspect we had ECTN's with a DTN on the Dec 1 PWL.  The snowpack was deeper in this area at HS=132cm with no Dec 3 rain crust and mostly strong snow in the mid pack.  On another N aspect at 8700' (38.69001 -119.97710) we had a ECTP-28.  We did not experience any whumpfing or collapsing of the snowpack throughout our day.  Recent winds have scoured most exposed slopes in this area.  We continued to have a conservative approach to managing this persistent slab avalanche problem utilizing slopes under 30 degrees in steepness with no connected steeper terrain above us.