February 9, 2026. 06:00 AM

2 cm new snow, -10.0 deg, clear, calm winds.

30 cm recent storm snow overlies crust on south asp and previous treeline melt freeze, shallow dry pow in select sheltered terrain. Sun crust on solar aspects yesterday and wind effect at ridgetop and alpine. Total 70 - 100 cm settled storm slab over the January 28 layer of surface hoar over various hardpack crusts.

Exchange day yesterday. Outgoing guests hot lapping the fresh pow in Back to Basics, new guests tracking up Merlot.

A few solar triggered loose wet avalanches from steep rocky terrain yesterday.