Tour on Rose Knob

We toured Rose Knob and were bummed not to find the blower pow we were anticipating. We found wide spread scouring and stubborn wind slabs and some small stubborn cornices. We skied and traveled in W-S-E terrain. Ski quality was good below-the-tree line in sheltered areas. Despite the cloud cover a sun crust still formed below tree line in south facing terrain by 2 PM. We found an obvious week layer and wind slabs in isolated areas but they were not very reactive. Wind was guesting strong from the NE and towards the end of our tour in the afternoon there were sporadic strong gusts coming from the SW. Strange day conditions-wise with no observed avalanche activity and no signs of instability.