Blackmore Lake

Today we skied on north-facing aspects in the basin southwest of Blakcmore Lake. Snow started falling around noon and, by 1pm, it increased to approximately 1in/ hour. We tested the snow on northern aspect at ~9250ft. We observed an HS of 188cm (see attached snowpilot for hardness). At this location the snow has stayed well protected from recent wind loading and warmer temps, and the layer underlying the new snow showed no signs of propagation (ECTN22 @145cm). We did observe, however, a moderate shovel shear with a Q2 shear on this same layer. With the rapidly changing weather, we avoided wind loaded slopes for the day and will be carefully watching the conditions as the snow falls.