Zupjok Peak

Quick report

Weather

cloudy, warm, wet

Ride Type

openTrees

Stayed Away

steepSlopes, sunnySlopes

Riding Quality

ok

Snow Conditions

wet, windAffected

Avalanche Conditions

avalancheConditionTemp

Wind affected snow near peak of Zupjok, traveled on south ridge to peak and observed wind drifted snow on east aspects. At 1750 m south aspect, 10 cm depth before hitting hard pack snow, could not penetrate hard pack with ski pole. Light snow fall at 1 pm at 1844m then moderate rain fall (more than anticipated 5 mm) at 1700m around 1:30 pm. Pin wheel observed at 1540 m on SE aspect, open slope with wet saturated snow without tree coverage. Snow within tree line on S/SE aspect was also wet