Quick report
A surface crust is present till about 7500' from the rain event the night prior, which made for challenging skiing at the bottom of the run. Slopes showed signs of wind loading, but on our path of travel we experienced no signs of instability. With creeks being a small hazard still, we stayed on the valley trail longer than usual before starting to gain elevation on the NE ridge and meet up with the classic skin track.
Snowpack
A quick pit at 8700' was 115cm deep and showed the buried crust layer at 65cm. We got a CT12 at the density break above the crust. This slab layer is forming upside down, with the top part of the snowpack density at 4 fingers and then transitioning to fist above the crust.