We spent most of the day on northeast facing slopes. In shady areas, the snow was largely soft and skied well. More open shaded areas did have the rime crust but it was somewhat variable and a relatively minor hinderance to skiing. The rime crust was not present in the trees so those areas skied slightly better. Some tracks but not too bad considering it has been a while since new snow.

Coverage below Lake Peak in Boulder Basin and on adjacent slopes was thin and many large boulders had not yet been covered. Pits from this area last year were about 200cm deep compared to 115cm this year. There were plenty of tracks below the Tri-Chutes and two on Red Baldy.

On sunny aspects, the snow was either crusty or soft and unsupportable, depending on timing. As an indicator of snow quality, we noted one small, old wet loose snow avalanche in the south facing trees on the other side of Scotties Bowl.