We found a wide range of snow on our tour today as we headed up the southwest side of Gold Knob. We started around 8,000 feet where the snow was still soft and powdery in the sheltered aspen trees with an average depth of 24". Above 9,000 feet we found an average depth of about 48" with good powder in sheltered areas and soft wind slabs in areas that were moderately exposed. At this elevation I also found 8-10" of settled powder on top of a one inch crust, maybe melt freeze, and then a layer of small facets below that. By the time we hit the 10,000 foot mark the snow was 5' plus and it was harder to find the faceted layer with pole probes. We skied the south east bowl from the 11,000 foot summit and found some wind crust, settled powder and some damp snow once we skied into the aspens. On our skin back to the top we found more wet snow and some "drummy" areas of wind slab on the lee side of the ridge. On the ski back to the car we took the southwest ridge and found good settled powder in the trees and some damp snow out in the open where the sun had been at work all day. We sent some roller balls down as we were skiing but none looked like they picked up a significant amount of snow as the went.