Rapid Warming on Castle Peak

We toured in the Castle and Andesite Peak area today.  We decided to avoid the avalanche problems by skiing slopes that were well below 30 degrees with no connected avalanche terrain.  We found good snow quality on shaded northerly aspects throughout the day.  It was t-shirt weather for a large portion of the midday, with a light breeze keeping it cooler above 8000'.  Snow surface melt was occurring on solar aspects with some sticky snow and minor glopping issues.  Even with the warm daytime conditions, wet loose instabilities were minor on south facing terrain.  Snow was falling off of trees, but dripping did not appear to be an issue.