A light wind helped keep things cool and we did not observe any moist snow on the the NE Face proper. Below 3000 meters, we had good corn skiing by 10am. Although there was a great deal of debris present on solar aspects, we did not observe any avalanches during our travels.
Temps at the lake were -1 at 3:30 am and -5 on the summit at 9:00 am. Oddly, the lake seemed better frozen on the way back at 11:30am than it did at 3:30 am.
For anyone headed up that way, it would be better to travel towards the toe of the Victoria Glacier before cutting off towards the Tea House. The Plain of Six Glaciers Trail is strewn with debris for most of it's length and makes for unpleasant travel.
Cheers,
Andrew