S Fork Deep Creek

Out of advisory area but we went into the Absarokas today, typical early season conditions. HS at 8200 ft on N aspects ranging from 10 to 110cm. The October snow is a pencil to knife hardness crust, and in places the new snow has drifted into slabs up to 30cm thick which have bonded decently to the crust, although we did get some to crack. The crust makes an excellent bed surface, and several healthy size 1 dry loose created impressive powder clouds when funneled through steep confined terrain. Precip rates approached S2 at times today, with 3-5cm accumulation at 8k.