Too warm for Baker this weekend?

Forecast is for high, high freezing levels. As in the top of Baker high. Would that scuttle a summit attempt does anyone think?

With a consolidated snowpack, typically no. However, with the current snowpack, be prepared for mush conditions and poor avalanche stability on steeper slopes:
www.alpenglow.org/skiing/high-route-tips/part3-mush.html

According to NWAC, "ski area crew there today reported about 15 inches of storm snow."
www.nwac.us/avalanche-forecast/2017-05-1...de-west-north-baker/

Thanks for the heads up! I was waiting til tomorrow to look at NWAC. Hopefully this settles out by Sunday.

With clear skies overnight it's possible for surface snow to refreeze despite temps not dipping below freezing. That's really your best bet - my guess is we'll be dealing with a lot of loose, isothermal mush, the low-risk/high-consequence of wet slab hazard & a still-draining & consolidating snowpack thru the weekend with the exception of the overnight/very early morning hours

Which is a bummer because with the excellent weather forecast I was hoping to harvest some corn

this thread reminded me of something way way back     

June 2004, Lowell introduced us TAY'ers to the Watsons Traverse on Baker - he had fantastic powdery conditions down the Park Glacier...

www.turns-all-year.com/skiing_snowboardi...dex.php?topic=1652.0

My buddies and I were so eager to ski the traverse that we did it the following weekend- despite the weather forecast being very warm and not enough time for the new snow to settle.  That powder from the weekend before skied like calf-deep microwaved cotton candy - I've never set off such big, wavy, slow moving point releases from my ski tips before.

I think it might be a frustrating weekend finding good, safe, fun skiing even though we've got perfect weather - I'm certainly scratching my head trying to figure out where the heck to go.