Highwood / Arethusa conditions

Hiked up Little Arethusa. HS of about 10cm near parking area that increased with altitude but it’s quite bare as you would expect. Wind was strong at times with lots of transport. Old and new wind slabs but nothing problematic - not enough snow in the trees either if you were thinking about that. Party of two seems to have made an attempt at going up on skis today but it looked horrendous - at least they got a free early season base grind …