Overall more snow than I expected. The base in many parts was close to 100cm deep. Other parts that stuck out were barren of snow and only had a couple of cm's on it. The wind had affected the snow quite a bit, and grew throughout the day. However, the 20 mph winds that were predicted never seemed to come. After an ECT, and a CT. No propagation and a deeper then I expected fracture point.

Uneva peak area. We traveled from below treeline, to near treeline, to the alpine above treeline. The Uneva bowl is a sprawling open alpine bowl with multiple different slopes.

We started off from the vail pass trailhead and made our way up the very beaten skin track. We followed it up to the south east side of the Uneva bowl area. We skied down the slope after some inspection, and dug a pit on a NE slope. The pit was dug at 11781'. We skied back up, descended again, back up to total 2,500' vert for the day. We then skied down the popular main W facing bowl on a more WNW facing slope for better snow. Then skied back to the car.

There was no cracking or collapsing, which promoted confidence in the snowpack. However, after reading the CAIC report of an avalanche on Loveland pass that seemed to slide on the ground level, such confidence has resided. The PWL is deep, and can clearly be triggered in unexpected spots. We saw a few avalanches on SE faces. They appeared to be Wind slab avalanches but we didn't investigate further so we cannot say for sure. No propagation on an ECT test (ECTN22), and roughly the same on a CT test (CT21). The weak layer was 55cm above the base in a 95cm deep snowpack on a NE slope. Overall the slopes we skied did not avalanche nor show any signs. Nothing in the bowl showed signs of recent avalanches besides one that was clearly triggered before the recent storm. (Sadly no photos as my phone wasn't working)

Overall the past storm's snow seemed quite deep and unaffected by wind or sun in the lower elevations. Once we got to near tree line, there was a small run crust on this west-facing slope. We continued up, and some skiers passed us on a more SW slope, the sun crust was much thicker here, with little effect from the wind. The top of the ridge of Uneva was barren, but more than usual. The recent winds most likely were the cause of this. I expected the eastern side to be good snow as this ridge usually deposits the snow onto these steeper eastern slopes, yet it appeared to be wind-loaded. On a closer look, it was softer than expected, but still spots where a decent wind crust had formed depending on where it was on the slope.