Minimal Refreeze on Donner Summit

Well above freezing overnight temperatures along with thin high cloud cover provided almost no refreeze of the snow surface in the Donner Summit area this morning.  On the approach up to Mt. Judah at 8:30am, the snow surface was soft and edgeable on W-NW aspects.  When we reached the top of Mt. Judah eastern aspects were already wet, deep, and unsupportable.  We descended an E-NE aspect that was slow and sticky.  We decided to change aspects to see if we could find better snow quality. We headed over to Donner Peak and skied the W face.  It was borderline supportable at just after 10am.  Conditions deteriorated as we descended and lost elevation.  Cornice fall was seen along Mt. Judah ridgeline along with some recent loose wet avalanches.