Transitioning Snow in Johnson Canyon

Today's warmer weather and sunny skies turned the recent storm snow into wet surface snow by 11 am on sunny slopes. Ski cuts on steep sunny slopes caused the wet snow to sluff off the old melt-freeze crusts and produced small rollerballs and pinwheels by this time. 

This recent snow has not been through enough melt-freeze cycles to become "corn" yet. It still feels sticky and slow underfoot. Shady spots and true north aspects still held cold soft snow. The storm snow depth has settled to 2-4 inches of snow on top of the previous melt-freeze layer.