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Good corn!

We hike to the top of the hogsback moraine and skinned from there. Made it to the summit around 12:30 and skied down soon afterwards. There were some convective clouds moving around, and we waited for a break to ski the wall. This was still firm but really nice and smooth. Overall the mountain is in great shape with a smooth surface. Even the massive bootpacks from a few weeks ago have disappeared. Below pumice ridge we found excellent smooth corn for 3000' down the glacier with mush for the final 1000' or so to the creek. It was nice to finally have spring conditions and enjoy a pleasant, low-stress day on the big mountain.

I think with the warmer temps over the next few days that early starts will be rewarded. There is definitely fresh snow that needs to consolidate. We found it to all be capped with a melt-freeze crust (mostly well-supportive except up high on the mountain) except on the Park headwall where we saw tasty looking ski tracks in fresh powder (although I expect that to now be crusted over, too).