Quick report
I travelled on northerly aspects up to 9300 ft to check on surface conditions below to near treeline on Crater Crest.
-Open areas held a mix of melt-freeze crust, near-surface facets, firm supportable windboard, or breakable windboard over loose facets.
-Sheltered forest slopes had a melt-freeze crust at lower elevations and higher elevations had dry near-surface facets with thin or no crust
Winds increased thoughout the day and began to swirl small amounts of snow around by afternoon near treeline and in the alpine. By 2 PM, lower elevation NW facing slopes received sun and had a softened a bit.
No instability observed.Weather
- Cloud Cover
- few
- Snow Avail For Transport
- small smounts
Warm at lower elevations. Winds calm in morning, increasing to moderate by afternoon.