Quick report
Skied Flagpole today descending around noon. Air temps were above freezing, but cloud cover and light winds kept the snow surface from heating excessively. I found a crust of varying thickness on all slopes I traveled on today, at all elevations, which included NE, E and SE between 6500’ and 8300’. This crust decreased in thickness as I ascended, and was underlain by several inches dry of faceted snow on the E and NE slopes. On this crust was very thin and breakable at the uppermost elevation on a NE slope, but more supportable on an E and SE slope. On these sunnier slopes, the snow below the crust was moist. Below about 7300’, the crust was breaking down from the warmth and only about 1F- in hardness. On skis, it felt indistinguishable from the moist snow below. Despite the crusts, the skiing was still pleasant and travel was easy.