Log Cabin East Aspect

Through the trees we found around 5-10cms of dust on crust from what appeared to be a rain event between two dumps last week. Above the trees we picked our way through anchored terrain and found a mix of wind transport loading to ice at the surface. Some pretty wild looking ice formations on the trees (see attached image). Dug a quick pit at around 1600m on an east facing 30 degree slope. Found a well consolidated base (130cms total snow depth) with a 10cm deep storm layer on top of another 20cms of older snow. Those two were the main layers of concern. The rain crust was no longer noticeable at the higher elevation. Produced results on 22 down 10cm and 24 down to that next 20cms. Nothing else failed. We decided that the slope was rideable but not cliff huckable. We rode one at a time and regrouped every few hundred meters. Everyone had a blast! Sam