Good Refreeze in the Tamarack Peak Area

A good overnight refreeze occured in the Tamarack Peak area.  High thin clouds were present this morning with increasing and thickening clouds into the afternoon.  At multiple locations on E aspects above 9400' showed a strong 8'' melt freeze crust that has formed on top of another 1.5' of wet grains that has not yet refrozen.  This crust had 1-2'' of soft wet snow on the surface at around 11am due to warming temperatures and solar radiation providing good travel conditions.  The trace to 1'' of recent storm snow in this area has mostly assimilated into the existing snowpack except for some northerly aspects that still had some soft surface snow with variable conditions.  The melt freeze crust appeared to be thinner below 9000', where it showed some melt and weakening by 11:30am with increased boot pen and ski pole probes.