Mt Ellis

ENE aspect (right where everybody skins up on the climber's left), no result on an ECT. A pretty condensed layer of facets at the ground (not sugary, had to really push to get my hand through it), newer snow on top of that, seemed non-reactive; pushed my shovel behind the column after all the hits, the whole thing slid on facets at the ground with some effort, but the column wasn't super cohesive - just sorta broke apart. Some obvious wind-loading at the ridge, but the face was skiing well (the stream out could use a bit more snow and a bit fewer downed trees, but it's very doable).