The snow in the morning is as good as it gets. A bunch of fresh over a very supportable base. Single-digit overnight low made for some big feathers that were just a blast to ski. Best snow of the year hands down. Really, you can't ask for more. Alas, the strong afternoon sun cooked south-facing slopes. By 3 P.M., skinning across a south-facing created rollerballs at 8,600 feet. Snow that had been in the sun for hours already was starting to crust up as it passed into the shadows cast by large evergreens. I will expect everything south facing to be crusted in the morning.