Buried surface hoar on Earthquake dome

I went out for a short afternoon tour on the earthquake dome to search for buried surface hoar.  I did not note any Wumphing, cracking, ore recent avalanches on my tour today. However, there was significant wind transport occurring at all elevations throughout my tour. I dug in on an NE aspect at 8800’, the height of snow was 120cm, and I was able to find buried surface hoar as large as 3 mm, about 30 cm below the surface.  The ski penetration was about 40 cm, and test results did not show reactivity on this layer.   I did, however, get propagation on my ECT test at 45 cm from the ground where a stiff slab of 1F sat on top of F facets. Skiing conditions were enjoyable though in more exposed areas there was a notable wind skin forming.