Emerald Toodling

Spent a few days poking around Emerald Peak and the Tophat. We counted 36 people doing the Tophat on Saturday, party on Wayne! Inconsistent gusty moderate winds from the SW Saturday and Sunday scoured exposed features, ridgelines and my face...but protected areas at all elevations held great skiing. Protected areas held 25-50cm of faceted snow sitting over a varitable plethora of surfaces (windbuff, suncrust and surface hoar). We observed cracking over the sun crust(TL), and evidence of surface creep above the SH in a BTL start zone.