Wet at the farm

very wet day out the farm way today. rain and sleet below 1000m and very wet snow precip above that. Air temp was -1 in the am at the parking lot. but +1 upon return to car at 2pm. measured -3 at 1400m at 1pm. light south west winds throughout the day. snow was mostly falling at 1cm an hour throughout the day, with a few periods of increased snowfall to approx 3cm/hr midday. New snow was wet and heavy and was not bonding well with a significant crust below 1200m, but was not a cause for concern with the relatively small load from today. snow seemed strong with no signs of instability above the end of that crust at 1200m beyond wet surface snow. measured 190cm of snow at 1400m turned around early cause we were thoroughly soaked, skiing quality was ok until you hit that crust, almost woulda rather had the -30 degrees from the other week.