Zoa Ridge
Snowpackcolin.altman · Dec 18, 2020 · Coquihalla
Quick report
- Weather
- windy, warm, cloudy
- Ride Type
- mellowSlopes, denseTrees
- Snow Conditions
- windAffected, powder
Weather
- Avg Temp
- -6
- Wind Speed
- windSpeedModerate
- Blowing Snow
- moderate
- Sky Condition
- fog
- Snowfall Rate
- 1
- Wind Direction
- W
- Precipitation Type
- snow
Winds increasing during the day, gusts shifting from SW to E
Snowpack
- Depth
- 193
- Obs Type
- point
- Site Aspect
- NE
- Test Fracture
- resistant
- Site Elevation
- 1738
- Ski Penetration
- 20
- Test Initiation
- easy
- Foot Penetration
- 40
- Site Elevation Band
- tln
- Surface Conditions
- newSnow
- Test Failure Layer Crystal Types
- stormSnow
Full profile. 195cm HS. 4F to 1F multiple windslabs from 0cm to 60cm down. Resistant planar failures in Glove to 4F- layers between windslabs down 10cm, 23cm and 40cm, results between CT07 - CT15, 4 columns. Resistant planar, CT 23 result 53cm down, 4F, 7cm above crust. Laminated crust down 60cm, starting to facet between layers, no result, 6cm thick. Deep tap test DTT23 down 93cm, resistant planar, density change in 1F rounds. Crust 100cm down, well bonded, no result. P to K to the ground. Strong winds building during the day, lee slope loading. No avalanches, whumpfs, ski cuts or fracturing observed.