The east slope delivers...

The upslope storm delivered 15-20cm of quality pow to the Crowsnest area. The winds were light out of the south west at our location today and we were able to ski cut some small storm slabs on ridgetop lee slopes. We saw a crown from an old avalanche at treeline, and decided to dig on a similar slope. We were getting test results down 60 cm on a layer of sugary faceted crystals that had a hard slab of snow above it. This layer would likely be difficult to trigger, but hitting a thin spot or trenching with a sled, especially if the weather warms, might just do it on steep unsupported slopes.