Minimal blowing snow on Mt. Judah

We toured up to the north side of Mt. Judah today and observed light winds out of the southwest below treeline and more moderate wind speeds above treeline on the summit ridge, with very light snowfall throughout the day adding up to only trace amounts of accumulation. We saw some light blowing snow this morning in isolated, open areas like around the cornice pictured below, but above treeline we found that there was no remaining snow available for transport. Some compression tests in the most heavily wind-drifted areas near treeline around the Donner-Judah saddle gave mostly CTN results, and we saw no other significant signs of instability. 

Some of the more south-facing slopes that we skinned through below treeline showed a very thin melt-freeze crust on the surface, and while most trees still held snow on their branches, we did see some dimpled surface texture underneath some trees from some brief melting that likely occurred during the warmer, sunnier weather yesterday afternoon. In a few isolated open areas below treeline, we also observed some blown over surface hoar, but we did not see surface hoar anywhere else on our tour. Surface snow on shady, protected slopes is still cold and soft.