Pebble Creek

115-120 cm HS @ 8250'

Temp in the low 20's.  Overcast until at least 3 p.m. 

West side of tree trunks snowblasted by wind, both on the south and north sides of the ridge into Pebble Creek.  

Experienced whoomphing starting at 8000', midway up the gully, south side of the ridge, where there was some wind deposition.  Parallel cracks 10' apart - looked like "stretch" marks.  Extensive whoomphing in the saddle and down in Pebble Creek Valley.  Ski penetration = knee deep, and trail breaking was a bit of work today.  18" new snow at 8250' and in Pebble Creek.  Snow was too deep for turns on mellow slopes, and too much collapsing to go steeper.  Occasionally broke through the hard layer, into the hollow below.  

Still windy in Pebble Creek (less than 10 mph), but definitely wind scoured.  Looked like a natural avalanche on SE facing slope of the ridge to the N of Pebble Creek.  

Coverage still slim down towards the highway.