Currently not continuous skinning from the trailhead as the road is melting out. The death luge and trail just above the switchback may feature a bare patch or two by Sunday afternoon, in addition to the occasional rock we saw today.
Snow depth is low enough that it's more or less unskiable below 6500ft across the compass, and 6500-7k is not much more impressive. What snow is present at low elevation is quite solidly crusted on top (10-15cm), making a descent down the skin track an exciting prospect, to say the least.
In the mid elevations, a skiff of new is present starting around 7000ft, turning properly into rime forms by 7500ft. The underlying surface crust is breakable, a bit grabby, but quite skiable. We found fairly widespread and resilient ~5mm surface hoar from 7200ft up to our high point of 8300ft, which persisted into our departure at 1500, despite sun, light winds, and warm temps. Hopefully tomorrow's even warmer temps serve to address this.
Otherwise, 20-25cm of preserved new snow at mid elevations sat directly atop the January facets, making for good skiing for those venturing high enough to get above the melt-freeze crusts underlying the new snow below about 7500ft. Mid elevation HS was about 120cm, give or take.
