Porter Fork11/13/2022 Today we headed up into Millcreek for the first time this season. Travel was up Porter Fork to Piece of Pie on the backside of Mt Raymond, NE facing. Last weeks storm snow has settled out with boot deep penetration and dry recrystallized snow on the surface. There’s a fairly stout rain crust up to 8500 ft and above that a dense stable snowpack right side up. The snow on the surface is faceting out and recrystallizing. The long running sluffs in steep terrain are the norm in these wind protected locations. Piece of Pie avalanched during the storm and ran about half track. The snow on the N facing remains dry but anything with S in it has a ugly melt-freeze crust. We were finding 3 to 4 feet in the upper drainage dropping to a couple feet at 8500. The surface will continue to facet out on the shady protected N and will most likely be an issue with the next storm.
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