Probably not like the rest.

Today we went to fill a void in observations for the Swan Range. We were fairly suspicious seeing 10 to 12 inches of new snow in Hungry Horse while the Noisy Basin station was reading a half inch of water with almost no measurable change in snow height. 

• We found roughly 6 inches of low density snow that had minimal wind affect. We felt light winds and observed no wind transport. Meanwhile, we just received an email from an observer who saw intense transport in the southern end of our forecast area in the Swan. 
• Observed a few small loose dry avalanches out of steep, rocky terrain.
• We sled cut wind drifted test slopes and only had isolated cracking in the new snow. 
• Beneath the new snow on a north facing aspect we found a hard wind slab with no distinct weak layers. We got no results with extended column tests.