Wallowing in the facets

A much shallower snowpack here in the Wheaton than in White Pass, as usual. On average the depths were around 80 cm and the snow was very unconsolidated and facetted. Stepping off our sleds we would often step right to ground and the sleds would also trench down in places. We dug two pits at different elevations and aspects but got no results in our snowpack tests. We saw no signs of avalanches other than a couple of small wet loose sluffs that likely occurred yesterday. There was less wind effect up high than we were expecting and we managed to find some nice pockets of powder to play in.