Went hunting for the rain/snow line this morning, as the last system came in warm enough that I figured there might be a crust below the snow surface. Sure enough, there was a very thin and totally unsupportable crust that disappeared compleletly by about 6700. Regardless, it didn't affect riding conditions given how thin it was.
4 to 6" of new snow on top, a bit of small rimed form, plus stellars and/or wind affected particles depending on how sheltered the terrain was. Small surface hoar had formed as well into the mid elevation band.
The winds accompanying the frontal passage had significantly wind affected high and mid elevation terrain, but wind skin was present on the snow surface even into the low elevations on just about anything exposed. However, this was generally light enough that it didn't inhibit surface riding conditions.
Atoo the mid pack crust(s), most locations were basically right side up with 1F snow from Sunday's dense few inches, with 4F above progressing to F at the surface from yesterday's snowfall. The dense weekend snow didn't smooth out all the bumps under the new powder, but it certainly helped. Of course, beneath that crust is still a bunch of facets.
We were back at the car a bit before noon. With the day's heat and sun, I suspect a lot of the surface hoar disappeared and the snow surface became damp. I wouldn't be surprised to see some damp point releases on the Willard headwall.
