Decent Refreeze and Snow Surface Conditions on Relay Peak

We went to the Mt Rose area to ski off of the East Ridge of Relay Peak today.  Warm temperatures with sunny skies greeted us at the trailhead mid-morning.  We moved up through terrain and found a 4''+ melt freeze, P to 1F hardness crust, on East aspects with a couple inches of soft wet snow on the surface.  East aspects in this area had some previous runnels on the snow surface which made for not very smooth conditions, but decent snow conditions.  We moved over to South aspects on the ridge and found smoother snow surfaces with good supportable snow conditions up to 11am.  With above freezing overnight temperatures, the snow surface refreeze window is short requiring an early start and exit.