Sunday, February 2, 2014

Feb 2/14 - Boys found snow

Morning, I hope to have photos from yesterday's ride tonight as the boys are out sledding again and have video of yesterday and need to snap a few photos off of it to put on the blog. It is -14 right now...brrrr. Not good snow weather but we are getting super light snow off and on right now and supposed to get trace amounts tomorrow. Temps are going to be around -8 to -18 by Tues then back to -9 daytime by Friday and at night it supposed to be in the -20 peaking at -25 on Tues then back up to only -20 by Friday. Our trail is rough! It is hard on old backs so we have called in the big bombi for early in the week. We have 20 riders go out and back just yesterday which would take its toll on a trail regardless but with no new significant snow and our groomer is not heavy enough we can't fix it. So Curt and Coop took Cody, Tanner and Adam to Barnes Ranch and found snow starting at 10cm fresh at the ranch to 50-60cm deep in the meadow! They had an awesome time whipping donuts and ploughing snow with trenches sometimes 4ft deep. I saw their video and it was really good snow but for climbers there wasn't any of that. Rhonda and Matt reported from Elkford and said it was the same hard pack no fresh there that we are seeing in the bowls that have exposure above the trees. So the pockets of snow are out there but if you are a climber you are going to have to hunt farther and more remote and then be very aware of the weak persistent layer. All the easy, close, standards are getting lots of riding. I hope to have photos tonight for ya. Crow Snow Riders had about 55+ riders and the trail was in great condition and it was a sunny day. Congrats to the club on another well run poker derby. Photos are off some of the sleds and trailers here today - two trucks/trailers had already left. Just showing those who haven't been here yet that yes there's lots of parking and yes your sleds can park at your doorstep. We had the Cranbrook, Yorkton and Walt Healey Crew and friends here. Happy sledding - V

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