Stevens Peak Shoulder

At the start of the tour around 0915 skies were clear, sunny, and temps were right around 0 degree C. The approach consisted of thin snowpack below tree line with a mix of melt freeze crusts and unconsolidated near surface facets. Near tree line, snow was intermittent with patches of snow and rock fields along the ridge. By 1330 @ 9500' more clouds started rolling in and temps were well above freezing. Light winds at this time picked up out of the W-SW  with ocassional moderate gusts but as forecasted no snow was transporting. The descent provided various conditons with some thin breakable wind crusts, supportable wind chalky surfaces above tree line. Near and below tree line consisted of near surface facets ranging from 20-30cm's of great skiing. We had to switch over right around 7700' and slightly bush wack to the truck. By that time around 1500 the clouds had moved in and overcast the sky, temps were still above freezing at this time.

Pit profile showed loose unconsolidated snow in the top 25cm that trended from dry to moist and this continued all the way down to the ground where snow was wet and consolidated. There was no results within my CT.