Yet another Zoa Peak report

Quick report

Weather

cloudy, sunny

Ride Type

alpineSlopes, cutBlocks, denseTrees, mellowSlopes, openTrees

Stayed Away

convexSlopes, steepSlopes

Riding Quality

good

Snow Conditions

powder, windAffected

Avalanche Conditions

avalancheConditionSlab

Solo trip to Zoa Peak. Conditions were great. Very slabby pow, Pipeline skied like a resort mogul run.

Weather

Avg Temp

-1

Wind Speed

windSpeedModerate

Blowing Snow

light

Sky Condition

scatteredClouds

Wind Direction

NE

Precipitation Type

none

Snowpack

Depth

122

Obs Type

point

Site Elevation

1869

Ski Penetration

10

Foot Penetration

30

Site Elevation Band

tln

Surface Conditions

newSnow

Quick probe check on Zoa Peak. Lots of wind transport going onto NE aspects.

Avalanche

Run Length

5

Slab Width

80

Trigger Type

skier

Wind Exposure

leeSlope

Avalanche Size

1

Slab Thickness

33

Trigger Sub Type

accidental

Start Zone Aspect

NE

Vegetation Cover

openSlope

Start Zone Incline

30

Avalanche Character

windSlab

Crust Near Weak Layer

1

Number Of Avalanches

2-5

Start Zone Elevation

1730

Avalanche Observation

24to48hrsAgo

Start Zone Elevation Band

btl

Avalanche Occurrence Datetime

2025-01-05T20:16:00.000Z

Saw 2 recent skier triggered small (0.5 and a 1.0) slab avalanches on isolated features in mellow terrain. Both on 30 degree, NE aspects. The 1.0 had about an 80m propagation, with a short (10m) runout because is was just above a shallow gully. Both had 30cm crowns on the recent crust reported previously. Was not able to trigger anything myself on similar features.