2011/12 Snowy Range snow conditions

[newmy1]

Will do.


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11 of us just bagged the trip due to temps/snow. Bummed but too far for us when marginal conditions

 

[newmy1]

You missed some good riding in Colarado...shouldnt of put the sled away yet Coyote!

We managed to get Beeman buried a few times and thought we were going to have to leave him and another guy out for the night when they dropped into a area by themselves late in the day, but they made it out. We could see the trouble they were in from a peak 1/2 mile away and could hear them fighting to get out in the thick trees.

Well you at least left them there for a few hours didn't ya?


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[Himark]

Well you at least left them there for a few hours didn't ya?


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Indeed...Sun was dropping and the thoughts of when to cut loose and leave them till tomorow was starting to come up.

 

[coyoteman]

Indeed...Sun was dropping and the thoughts of when to cut loose and leave them till tomorow was starting to come up.

That will teach him.

 

[Himark]

That will teach him.

Actually was NOT Beemans fault. The one guy that is from there dropped 30 feet to a point of no return unless you roped back up. I asked him if he KNEW where the outlet was if he dropped down further and he said "Im sure its a meadow just down a ways and I will meet you guys on otherside". He wanted to go at it alone and Beeman said he would go as its dumb to go alone. The other guy is younger and frankly doesnt have the respect for the mtn yet and it will get him in trouble.

 

[Himark]

Thread drift...back to topic!

 

[Steelman]

Albany cam looks like it is going fast..

 

[TurboT]

Rode last Tuesday and Sunday and right now the snow does suck. Hey, still better than working but lots of ice is starting to form because of the high temps and everything is starting to settle down. Yes, there are a few rocks that weren't visible a couple weeks back but burning up hifax could be an issue right now! There is still minimal snow to be found in the trees but after this last weekend places like the Toilet Bowl(Lake Marie) and SugarLoaf look like a runway for sleds. In good regards, now is the time to explore a little bit and find new honey holes without getting stuck but the winter is not over. We always get great dumps in April. Hopefully they show up in smaller storms instead of just a couple big ones or the avy danger might be pretty bad with the slick layers forming. Time will tell!

 

[Steelman]

Anyone have any pics of conditions?

 

[togwotee9]

Anyone have any pics of conditions?

I have a pic of Newmys mom

 

[Steelman]

I have a pic of Newmys mom

LMAO

 

[newmy1]

I have a pic of Newmys mom

And you are admitting it on a public forum? You sir are not right.

 

[MI1M600EFI]

I'm too lazy to link all the pics, so follow this link for some pics of riding Sun 3/11/12.

http://s659.photobucket.com/albums/uu312/LittleBuddy73/Snowies with Steph/

Snow is THIN in places, and rough/hard drifted everywhere it isn't packed. Got some sounds of carbide on 130 in a few places down lower even. (didn't even try Libby Flats, just stuck to the woods.) Looks like there was a dust storm recently, and with the sun, it's chewing through the snow in pockets.

It was rough enough that I'm not going back up unless there's a good dumping. I rode on June 12th last year in very similar snow conditions, but there was about 3x more snow then, and I put up with the rough riding because it was JUNE!!

My MI friends just shut down their trip to Albany at the end of the month. Not worth the 20 hour drive for the conditions that exist right now. Hopefully it'll snow a bunch because we cancelled the trip and I'll get to go riding a few more times this year at least!!

C

 

[Steelman]

Anyone know why Snowy Range Tours webcam is not working? Is it that bad up there

 

[Steelman]

Albany Lodge this morning

 

[Steelman]

WOW...does not look good everyone

 

[dansyl159]

Yup, we packed up and came home Sunday. Usually average about 2500 miles a year----1300 this year. Worst I've ever seen it in 20 years going to the Snowy's!

 

[Himark]

Yup, we packed up and came home Sunday. Usually average about 2500 miles a year----1300 this year. Worst I've ever seen it in 20 years going to the Snowy's!

I think your statement applies to 90% of our nation.. Not many miles on the sleds this year.

Thanks for all your snow reports Dan. Guys really appreciate it!

 

[tmk50]

Yup, we packed up and came home Sunday. Usually average about 2500 miles a year----1300 this year. Worst I've ever seen it in 20 years going to the Snowy's!

Agreed - I can't remember a worse season. It got off to a slow start in November and most of December. It snowed "normal" for about 3-4 weeks at the end of January through early February and then completely shut off in March.

What a joke. At this point I hope it rains so we don't have a huge forest fire problem this summer.

 

[1998summitx670]

snowies

Well.... this sucks... I have a group of newbies coming out there next weekend to experience snowmobiling. Guess we are going to have to drink our faces off instead. Is there enough to at least ride the trails to show them some of the areas?