Wind effected snow on Tamarack

It was a beautiful day up at Tamarack with clear skies and light winds.  We observed some small surface hoar in protected areas from the trailhead up to 9800'.  Although the sun felt warm, temps stayed well below freezing in this area, and snow surfaces remained cold throughout our tour.   As we gained elevation, we began to notice effects from the wind, primarily from yesterdays N-NW winds. We observed scouring of some ridgetops and NW aspects, with wind transport onto SE aspects.   Wind transported snow varied from 4f to P hardness.   Although there many signs of wind effects in the snow, we did not observe any reactive wind slabs, or any avalanche activity visible in the relay/houghton area.  Still, to avoid this problem, we chose to ski protected E aspects where approximately 12" of storm snow rests on top of a supportable crust.