The main story of today seemed to be the growth of surface hoar on the N end of the compass and the weakening of the surface. I'm not really use to seeing surface hoar growth on the actual ski slopes, mostly in the drainage bottoms and by water sources but today the surface hoar was fully covering most of the NE through NW slopes we skied and not just small surface hoar and facets but fairly large feathers in protected terrain. The surface was sluffing noticeably more today than yesterday and will continue to weaken with cold clear nights and a lack of wind to lay it down. Didn't cover any steep S facing terrain today so not sure about wet activity but it certainly felt warm enough for it to have been a concern today. Surface Hoar doesn't usually tend to survive our strong SW winds, and warm temperatures we receive before a storm in exposed terrain but it might survive and be buried in more protected terrain, such as mid elevation Mill Creek Canyon.

Photos: Surface Hoar development on actual ski runs, increased sluffing of the surface in steeper N facing terrain, and still some large cornices out there.

Thinking moderate for continued wet activity but mostly low, in other terrain.