The November Persistent Weak Layer of sugary facets (DETAILS HERE) is still our biggest threat in the backcountry. However, it's not all doom and gloom. Stability is improving slowly. The buried sugary weak snow is not as loose as it once was. Sunday was the first day that we did not experience collapsing (whumpfing) of the snowpack underneath us. Snow pit stability tests produced stubborn results meaning it was hard to get them to fail (good news!!). HOWEVER, once they failed, they still cracked and propagated cleanly through the weak layer (bad news). We are not out of the woods yet. We really need some more snow to add weight which will continue to slowly smash the sugary facets into a stronger layer of snow. Stay tuned, it ain't over yet.