Big Y - rocky approach

We sledded to the Big Y to see how conditions were on the East side of the pass. The sled approach is passable, there is just over a meter of snow at lower elevations and lots of rocks to dodge in exposed areas so we took it easy picking our way on sleds through the moraine on the way up to the glacier. Surface snow is 10cm powder, a thin disguise for the rocks lurking below the surface. We dug a profile around 1700m at the base of the glacier and found a 145cm deep snowpack and moderate sudden planar results (ECTM and CTM) on a facet layer sandwiched between hard wind slabs buried 50 cm down. Skiing was good in the alpine above the clouds today.