We don't know about you, but after last year's somewhat
dismal snowfall much of the winter, we were more than anxious to get out this
season and ride. The snow starting coming in our area around the end of October
but only at the higher elevations--like above 7,000-8,000 feet.
The rain in the valley--even in some mountain valleys--in
eastern Idaho
was a little disconcerting as we had visions of last year when it would snow
and then melt or the moisture would just fall as rain. But that rain down low
was snow up high and we finally took our 800cc mountain sleds out to see just
how good it was--or wasn't.
We wanted to break in our 800s but not break them on logs,
stumps, rocks, that kind of stuff.
We've been out several times, mostly in Island Park,
but also western Wyoming and other parts of
eastern Idaho
where the snow is starting to really pile up. Near Sawtelle in Island Park,
the snow is now at 66 inches deep after a foot of new snow fell over the
weekend. Go here: http://www.wcc.nrcs.usda.gov/reportGenerator/beta/view/customSingleStationReport/daily/860:id:SNTL%7Cid=%22%22%7Cname/-7,0/WTEQ::value,WTEQ::delta,SNWD::value,SNWD::delta
The snow depth is starting to pile up rather nicely at the
lower mountain elevations as well. So go riding and enjoy.
Not only did we want to ride, but we were anxious to see how
the Polaris 800 Pro RMK, Ski-Doo Summit X 800 and Arctic Cat M 800 Sno Pro
Limited compared. For our initial reactions to these three sleds, check out the
February issue of SnoWest Magazine.
The February issue is our online issue and should be available about the middle
of January. Stayed tuned to www.snowest.com
which is where we'll announce when the issue is available.