Granted, it wasn't pow

Surveyed nearly full elevation range in the Middle Fork today.

• Primarily easterly slopes (ESE-NE) with a little NW-N thrown in.
• Nary a rollerball to be seen.
• Glide cracks starting to open on east-northeast facing slopes below about 7200 feet with rock slabs at bed surface. 
• Southerly, upper elevation slopes may have produced more slides since peak of natural cycle last week, but difficult to date debris.
• Northeasterly, shaded slopes had thin crust over moist snow, with up to an inch of dry snow on top of the crust. Probably formed from yesterday's (3/30) intense radiation. Couldn't tell  storm totals for this week - up to 8" recent/ drifted snow on northerly slopes above ~6500 feet.
• Clouds limited heating to the snow surface, and since they moved in when the surface was frozen, did not produce much greenhousing.
• Ripe corn on easterly slopes below 6500 feet early-mid afternoon.
• Snow surface remained supportable on skis at valley bottoms mid to late afternoon.