Suncups and Soft Snow on Donner Summit

A decent refreeze of the snow surface occurred on Donner Summit with overnight temps in the 30's and mostly clear skies.  This area is melting out quickly with some walking/scrambling over rocks and dirt needed to access usable snow.  E aspects were soft and supportable at 10am.  The snow surface is mostly sun cupped with few smooth areas out there.  We skied a NW aspect on the way back to the trailhead at 10:30am which also offered good supportable conditions.  The melt freeze crust was quickly melting and breaking down and expected to be unsupportable by midday.  We did not observe any recent loose wet avalanches or cornice fall in this area.