Falls Lake/Zoa Peak

Riding quality was:

Good

Snow conditions were:

• Heavy
• Wet

We rode:

• Mellow slopes
• Open trees
• Sunny slopes

We stayed away from:

• Alpine slopes
• Steep slopes

The day was:

• Cloudy
• Warm
• Wet

Variable conditions out there!

Our party travelled up the end of the Falls Lake Valley on March 5th to observe conditions. Quick pit tests showed no results at roughly 1400m. Multiple N facing couloirs and steep slopes had slid, mostly size 1 or sluff, and the size 3 on Thar N couloir from Feb 28th.

On March 6th we travelled up Zoa Peak and found some good turns at treeline on some heavy pow. It snowed lightly overnight and intermittently over the day. Below treeline was fairly slushy and sticky. Temps were above zero and rising throughout the day resulting in some wetter and heavier snow, rain below 1500m in the afternoon.

We saw a size 1.5 wet loose avalanche from the last few days around 1780m on a N/NE aspect, and observed pinwheeling in various locations.