Broken record from the Flathead Range

Toured above Dickey Lake and found similar conditions that we have been describing: weak but stable snow.

• Snowdepths increased from <6" at low elevations to ~15"-30" at upper elevations.  The snowpack is entirely faceted except for several sun crusts on southerly aspects and a rain crust at the base of the snowpack up to 5,700'.  The snow surface is small-grained near surface facets on most slopes.  There are breakable wind crusts capping these facets in wind affected areas, and very thin sun crusts over the facets on southerly aspects.   
• Winds were light with moderate gusts from the SW, and light blowing snow at times.  There is little snow available for transport right now due to surface crusts and faceted grains.
• No signs of instability today while traveling on steep slopes.  Finding any kind of slab here is challenging....just lots of sugar.