Bacon Rind Observations

Toured into Bacon Rind today. Winds were calm and trace amounts of snow fell through the day. Near the top of the Skillet we found 5" of new snow (0.5" SWE) sitting over large feathery surface hoar and in stability tests, we had very poor scores on this layer, ECTP2. The entire snowpack however is very weak, with soft faceted snow to the ground. Even with skis on we would sink to the bottom of the snowpack in many areas. This area did not get very much snow or wind compared to the rest of the S. Madison region lacking enough of slab to cause widespread signs of instability. At higher elevations, there would likely be enough of a slab to increase concerns as winds were stronger and recent snow totals are greater.