Wet and Snowy on Andesite Peak

About 1' of new snow in the Andesite Peak area this morning.  Moderate snowfall with strong SW winds were consistent throughout the morning and into the afternoon.  There was a slight warming trend into the mid day with snow levels rising up to at least 7000'.  This made for some heavy and thick surface snow to work with.  We found evidence of previous rain/mist up to at least the top of Andesite Peak with a slight rain crust.  This rain crust was exposed along the peak area from wind scouring and at lower elevations was buried under a few inches of snow.  Signs of avalanche instabilities were limited throughout our tour with some surface cracking around skis and unstable snowpack test results in a test pit.  This area now has 1.5 to 3' of snow in most locations.