Zoa Peak

Steve and I made a quick trip up Zoa Peak last Sunday. Snowing and blowing like heck for the whole day so we didn't get much skiing in. Making the best of it we dorked around doing every type of snow stability test we could think of on a 35 degree slope on the north side of the ridge. Of note were some sudden planar compression tests (CTM14 and CTM12) and a Rutschblock that failed as I stepped onto it.



The snowpack is really deep along the Coquihalla this year. From the bottom of our 2 metre deep pit we couldn't even find the ground with a 320cm probe, so over 5 metres. As we dug around the swirling snow soaked our faces and filled every nook and cranny with fine snow crystals. Our packs were full of it. Small items left on the surface were buried within minutes.



Anyway we were outside and got some exercise and the roads weren't too bad. So not a bad day overall!