Wet Snow on Rose Knob Peak

Last night's refreeze on Rose Knob Peak was thin in most places, but it supported people on skis until between 10:30 and 11:30 am. We started to punch through the refrozen snow into deep wet snow when we stepped off our skis on SE-S aspects around 10:45 am. We left those aspects and moved to the SW aspects, where 2-3 inches of wet snow existed on top of a thin but still supportable melt-freeze layer. This layer started to melt around 11:30 am, so we moved into lower-angle areas to descend back to the truck. 

During our tour, we also saw debris from old cornice collapses and many large cornices lingering near the ridgeline. Some of these have started to pull away from ridges.