Supportable snow throughout the morning on Donner Summit

Well above freezing temperatures overnight with cloud cover made for little to no refreeze of the snow surface in the Donner Summit area.  Despite this, the soft snow surface remained mainly supportive throughout the morning hours on all aspects.  This was a notable change from last week in this area when we had almost bottomless wet snow conditions occur quickly with rapid warming in the mornings.  Suncups make up the majority of the snow surface throughout this area.  No recent loose wet avalanches or cornice fall were observed.  While many large cornices have already collapsed, there still remain some areas of concern.  Snowmelt has accelerated over the last week with large areas of rocks, dirt, and brush now exposed.  Access was still possible from the trailhead on all snow, but for not much longer.