Zoa
Quick reportdevman25 · Feb 3, 2018 · Cariboos
Quick report
- Weather
- wet, windy, warm, cloudy
- Ride Type
- mellowSlopes, denseTrees
- Stayed Away
- steepSlopes, alpineSlopes, convexSlopes
- Riding Quality
- OK
- Snow Conditions
- heavy, wet, windAffected
- Avalanche Conditions
- avalancheConditionTemp, avalancheConditionSound
We dug a pit at 1700m on a N aspect that was on a 37 degree slope. Storm layer - 20 cm (HST) Jan crust was ~ 90 cm depth Total depth 380 cm (HS) Storm layer showed sudden planar failure on hand tap 3 in a hand compression test (CTE3 SP) and also failed with medium pull in a quick hasty pit pull test. Non planar fracture @ ~70 cm with arm compression test (CTH70 NP). Good sized cornices seen even on the rounded sub peak of Zoa.