Cinnamon

Snow coverage has persisted only at high elevations —primarily on northwest- to northeast-facing aspects —and consists mainly of a melt-freeze crust.  The crust is most continuous around Paradise Divide and Yule Pass, and becomes patchier towards CB and Kebler.  This crust could become a problematic bedsurface, especially if future snow facets above it.  

HS is less than 10 cm.  On northeast and northwest aspects ATL, the snowpack was mostly or entirely a supportive, pencil-hard crust. On due north, the crust is a bit softer and thinner (~1F+, ~3 to 5 cm), with dry facets below where snow depths allowed.  I didn't observe any facets above the crust, and it appears that this mid-October layer will act as a bedsurface more than a collapsible weak layer.