Mt Judah Observations

We made observations today at Mt. Judah.  Snow coverage is thin below around 7500' in this area on most aspects.  Once above 7500', snow coverage improves with E aspects at 8000' on Mt Judah still having over 6' of snow.  The snow texture has deteriorated somewhat over the last few days with more sun cups and surface texture present.  The snow surface had a soft feel to it this morning, most likely from the overnight cloud cover, providing good travel conditions.  A 6-8'' pencil hard melt freeze crust exists on the snow surface providing good support.  Full cloud cover along with strong ridge winds kept it cool today with minimal additional snow surface softening occuring.