East Peak Compression Test and skiing

We were pleasantly surprised with the stability at tree line since the avalanche forecast was high for today in many regions. At 2060m, 76 degs East CT16 with a 32 cm windslab on a rounded snow surface with no propagation. Air temp was -4 and the wind was a howling, guessing gusts of over 75km/hr as would knock you over! we dug two pits and both had the same results. The snow pack was 305 cm and the 2m below the rounded snow surface result was a uniform hard dense snowpack with no prominent layers and we did not dig right to ground.