There was a decent overnight surface freeze, about 5cm or so, basically across the board up to about 7800ft. Melt runnels were present across the compass up to a similar elevation. Above this, the wind effects are significant, with old skin tracks protuding above the surface as all the surrounding snow was stripped away. This mid/upper elevation surface has ice and/or melt-freeze crust atop the wind board.

The surface crust was generally supportive-ish, except in northerly terrain where supportability was much more variable. Given the recent winds, the warm temperatures, and the relatively high position of the sun in late February, I'm inclined to say that "sheltered" snow no longer really exists on Cutler Ridge (at least that I could find). Conditions were variable and challenging. If I were looking for good turns, I'd either be aiming for mid/uppper elevation northerlies where the surface will at least be consistently firm (P hard or more) due to wind. Otherwise, if I were inclined to embrace this current spell of springtime, true southerly terrain (SE/S/SW) would hold good skiing with the right timing. E skied okay today late morning, with supportive enough crust and not-quite-corn.

The inversion was accompanied by the usual surface hoar at low elevations this morning, but much of this was disappearing by midday.