Wade, Curt and I trailered to Corbin (just to save some time and sore muscles) and we went up into Limestone (knowing the avy rating for alpine). The Flathead is rough but the snow was mushy so it was a bit more forgiving. We could see wet avalanche evidence on the dirt slopes driving on the highway and some up in Barnes Meadow and Barnes Lake (which we rode past on the far side). Up in Limestone there was heavy snow but it looked untracked so there must have been over a foot of fresh in the few days before which had consolidated to a 15cm of unridden snow. It was a lot of fun. Tried Wade's new 2013 Ski Doo and it is bendy! I got it stuck. We were good up in Limestone which was above 6000ft. When we came down into Barnes and when we hit the trail then we started to get rained on a bit. The photo is of us up in Limestone and then one of our yard which is around 4600ft and spitting with water running. Temps are supposed to be warm with the freezing elevation higher. Temp is +7 here but was +4 at Corbin Staging. By Sat it is supposed to get to the +1 to +4 range with snow forecasted for Sat, Sun, Mon, Tues. It is better than spring riding up there - you could dig in and get stuck if you didn't stay on it. Cheers - V
Wade, Curt and I trailered to Corbin (just to save some time and sore muscles) and we went up into Limestone (knowing the avy rating for alpine). The Flathead is rough but the snow was mushy so it was a bit more forgiving. We could see wet avalanche evidence on the dirt slopes driving on the highway and some up in Barnes Meadow and Barnes Lake (which we rode past on the far side). Up in Limestone there was heavy snow but it looked untracked so there must have been over a foot of fresh in the few days before which had consolidated to a 15cm of unridden snow. It was a lot of fun. Tried Wade's new 2013 Ski Doo and it is bendy! I got it stuck. We were good up in Limestone which was above 6000ft. When we came down into Barnes and when we hit the trail then we started to get rained on a bit. The photo is of us up in Limestone and then one of our yard which is around 4600ft and spitting with water running. Temps are supposed to be warm with the freezing elevation higher. Temp is +7 here but was +4 at Corbin Staging. By Sat it is supposed to get to the +1 to +4 range with snow forecasted for Sat, Sun, Mon, Tues. It is better than spring riding up there - you could dig in and get stuck if you didn't stay on it. Cheers - V
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