Opal hills

Paul Craig, Friday 30th December, 2022 6:00PM

<p>Skied up to Opal hills.Trail was well packed and the snow in the trees was crusty and not great skiing. There had been freezing rain previously and with the warm temperatures hovering around -5 didn’t help the snow. Did not notice any whumping sounds or shooting cracks. Was pretty stable.</p>

Terrain Ridden

Dense trees, Mellow slopes.

Terrain Avoided

Alpine slopes, Convex slopes.

Avalanche Conditions

Rapid temperature rise to near zero degrees or wet surface snow.

Snow Conditions

Crusty, Hard.

Weather Conditions

Cloudy, Warm.

Location: 52.74001000 -117.61473000