Trail run?
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I think your M key is brokenIf it's up here somewhere, I ight go, but can't go very far. I'm cashing in ost of my chips already by getting to go ice racing again on Sunday
Depending on what time and where, I may be able to get out this weekend. Won't know until tomorrow night though.
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Interested. I'll be watching to see where and when.
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:rofl:I think your M key is broken
Indeed......actually, it's me that's broken....it happens all the time....no matter where I'm at or which computer I'm using. For some reason, I guess I just don't press down hard enough on that key.....I'm constantly going back through stuff and retyping the freakin M key.
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Ok, I was thinking Bill Moore lake to Red elephant hill. I am trying to look at the snow report, but can't access the site for some odd reason. I don't want to drive up there only to find three feet of snow.
If I can't find out or it is too snowy I am thinking of running Mt Baldy and Eagle Rock.
Here they are on trail damage.
TrailDamage.com - Bill Moore Lake
TrailDamage.com - Red Elephant Hill
TrailDamage.com - Eagle Rock
TrailDamage.com - Mount Baldy
Thoughts? Also if any can access the snow report site let me know. The web address is National Snow Analyses - NOHRSC - The ultimate source for snow information.
If I can't find out or it is too snowy I am thinking of running Mt Baldy and Eagle Rock.
Here they are on trail damage.
TrailDamage.com - Bill Moore Lake
TrailDamage.com - Red Elephant Hill
TrailDamage.com - Eagle Rock
TrailDamage.com - Mount Baldy
Thoughts? Also if any can access the snow report site let me know. The web address is National Snow Analyses - NOHRSC - The ultimate source for snow information.
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I am not for sure if I am going yet or not, but I think eagle rock doesn't get any sun so I am not sure if you want to do that one. And I also think OCR14a and FJINCO did bill more in april and had to do some shoveling. But don't take my word for it I haven't been around to terribly wrong. I hope some veterans could chime in.
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Moody hill is covered right now in alot of snow. Some jeep buddies were up there the other weekend. You can not make it to the very top at the towers due to one area that is slanted to a bad drop of resulting in destroyed vehichle. but they made it through the whole trail exept the peak but did a lot of winching and shoveling. Eagle rock is covered in tree's and can be pretty bad to navigate even when you can see the rocks, because they randomly go up there and take a dozer to it. So one week it can be ok and the next weekend can look like a complete different trail.
As for trails I know are usually passable, Rainbow Falls can be fun if you play around on Moab Hill, Longwater and metberry gultch are pretty open to sun, so they might be passable if they are open. Slaughter house is pretty open to sun as well, but I have heard stories of people winching the whole way through some of these because of the snow.
As for trails I know are usually passable, Rainbow Falls can be fun if you play around on Moab Hill, Longwater and metberry gultch are pretty open to sun, so they might be passable if they are open. Slaughter house is pretty open to sun as well, but I have heard stories of people winching the whole way through some of these because of the snow.
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Ya, and actually, it was not April, or even May, but June....the 19th (here's my page for that event).
Although things can vary widely from year to year, depending on weather conditions, etc, I can almost guarantee that Bill Moore Lake is impassable right now.
When we went in June last year, it was just getting to the 'possible' point, but was still not passable without a lot of work. We had to do a lot of shoveling and winching to get to the lake.
Even if everyone had their own winch, we still would have had to shovel a lot at some points where the snow drifts caused slanted slopes 4-5' high right over the trail from one side to the other....we cut through them with a tiny shovel too (kind of embarrassing that we both forgot to bring real shovels that time, but we got the job done).
Right now, after all of the snow we've had in recent weeks/months, even though we've had some very recent melty weather, I don't think I'd even want to spend the ga$ to get there and check.
If someone else goes up there to scout it out though, and it's not too crazy, I might be up for a snow bashing day.....just be prepared....we were on the trail for 8 or 9 hours....so, if it's anything worse than when we were there, plan on getting there early and not getting back off trail till after dark (I mean...that is, if you intend to do what we did....which was, agree that we're just going to get to the lake, no matter how long it takes).
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I just went up to Mt Baldy and it was fine. It was actually nice and sunny up there. There was some snow on the trail but I went past the clearing with the mud holes and was doing fine. It started to get to be a little deeper snow so I turned around since I was by myself. Mt Baldy would be a definite possibility. We could see how far we got. Eagle rock meets up with it so depending on condition we may even be able to come down Eagle Rock. Anyone want to try?
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Top of Red Elephant will not be passable, nor Empire Loop, or Bill Moore lake.. those trails are all across the street from my house. Father's day is usually when these open up. USFS doesn't like folks to go up until then also.
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