Quick report
Conditions generally appeared similar to https://www.shastaavalanche.org/node/7867/#/view/observations/73e01345-b927-4c6b-a94e-1addd61f747b. Started walking on dry ground from Brewer Creek Trailhead (7300') at 3am. Reached skinnable snow along the northernmost summer trail at 7500', after which there were a few short traverses over bare patches requiring skis off. Snow above treeline was solidly refrozen with temperatures in the 40s F with a light breeze. Between treeline and about 11k' on the Hotlum-Wintun snowfield snow surfaces are substantially textured and suncupped, enough to make skinning on them (even with ski crampons) fairly annoying. Snow started softening at about 7am. Above 11k' the Hotlum-Wintun snowfield is somewhat smoother, though still textured. Snow surfaces are generally dirty everywhere on the lower route. Traversed to the northern Wintun glacier at 12.5k' and 9am and transitioned to bootpacking. There is a well-set, calf-deep bootpack going up the climber's-right side of the Wintun. Only saw one falling rock slowly rolling down the already softened snow. Reached the summit at 12pm, no wind. Building cumulus clouds moved in and out, but didn't substantially reduce visibility at ground level. Skied down the main Wintun chute from the summit then traversed south onto the middle part of the Wintun at 13.6k' and continued down the Wintun until 10.7k', then traversed back to join the Hotlum-Wintun route by 10k'. This involved a few short skis-off traverses. Snow in the upper Wintun chute was well-tracked (approaching mogul-y) and soft bordering on unsupportable at 12pm, but no appreciable wet sluffing. The middle part of the Wintun (south of the summit chute) had the smoothest snow, and produced some nice turns. Below 12k' on the Wintun the snow became progressively more textured, though still somewhat less so than the Hotlum-Wintun snowfield. The traverse back to the Hotlum-Wintun and the lower Hotlum-Wintun itself was a bit of a slog and had progressively worse ski quality, with increasing snow texture. Followed a gully of snow down below treeline to one of the summer trails and walked back to the trailhead, arriving at 230pm.