Observation Date: 02/03/2017

Route/Location:
Mt Fuji. Lolo. Accessed via northwest ridge route. Reestablished existing track due to new snow accumulation.

Weather:
Snowing intermittently, heavy at times. No significant wind. Visibility highly variable minute to minute due to snow squalls.

Wind:
Not on the north aspects. Some coming out of SW 5-10.
The NW ridge has been affected by wind. There is some tree scouring and snow density changes.

New Snow: 3-6″

Avalanche Activity:
No movement observed. Stayed out of terrain traps and the main gulley. Made four runs on the more mellow slopes east of the gulley.
Aspect-315
6 inches of light snow on top of a base that skis solid but has a coupe of weak layers in it. One about a foot down from the top of the snow surface and another a foot below that. I dug a casual pit and isolated a small column that sheared at a CT 28 Q1 about a foot down from the surface. The pack below that seemed fist hard to me except for the second thin weak layer a foot below the first one.

Other Comments:
Lolo looked like it was going to get more snow tonight. I would be watching for the slopes to start loading up with new snow.
I did not ski the wind affected NW ridge.

Observer: Jon Barlow