Crazy Mtns.

I walked up from Halfmoon this morning to see what is happening with the snowpack in the Crazies. I only went up to about 7000ft, temps were in the mid 20s and wind was very light out of the west. Not surprisingly, I found very minimal snow coverage, with the deepest snow I found around 3 in. South facing aspects were almost completely bare, and much above tree line appeared totally scoured. Where there was snow on the ground, on average 1-3 inches, there was a thick crust with large surface hoar crystals on top and very light density snow below. Didn't look great, I left my skis at the car!