Fat Dog Sludge

Saturday morning Trip up Fat Dog Trail to Burnt knoll and un-named bump. Lower down before 1500m was crusty, firm and wet. 1500-1700m snow had minimal crust, was 5-10cm of wet and heavy. South somewhat steeper slopes started developing mild pinwheeling late morning as sun and temp increase. Above 1800m snow was about boot deep and somewhat lighter and skiied ok for several turns before becoming sludge where turning was very hard. Descent was very sticky and slow outside of the skintrack. No visible signs of instability other than mild pinwheels of the top <5cm. We left early afternoon as it started to warm up and Rain started.