2 Feb 02, 0900-1500, Snowy Range.  Adele  Aldrich,  Myron Allen, Ben  Roth, Mike Hotchkiss, and  Barrie Bloom
skied the Potholes Route.  It was a wonderful day for skiing :  little wind, sunny, low 30's.  
We practiced locating avalanche beacons.  We dug a snow pit that had a 76 -degree aspect and
a  15-degree  slope.

      Total Depth :                                                        114 cm  
      
      0 cm ----------------------------------------------------------------Ground---------
                   partly consolidated depth hoar (fist)
     43 cm --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                   fist
     53 cm ----------------------------------------------------------------Old surface----- Easy shovel shear 
                    2-finger
     78 cm --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                    1 finger
     101 cm ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Easy shovel shear
                    1 finger
     110 cm --------------------------------------------------------------- Old surface----
                    recent powder
     114 cm ---------------------------------------------------------------Top of snow column
      
     The top 13 cm failed with just a step on in the Rutsch Block test.   After several 
     hard jumps there was a failure at the old surface level  (53 cm) .  The 
     early-season depth hoar  appears to be consolidating , but there is still a poorly 
     adherent slab near the surface.

     In the morning the vehicle count was as follows:  
      
     Little Laramie                                                             1 car 
     Road above ski area                          63                            4 
       
     The afternoon count was: 
      
      Road above ski area                         80                             7 
     Little Laramie                                                             15 
     Corner                                                                      3