2011/12 Snowy Range snow conditions
- Thread starter Himark
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Just got home last night from Ryan Park and the snow was great, snowed anywhere from a foot to two feet while we were there. Had a great week minus a rock in a creek bed one of the guys we were with found. Thanks to rendevous lodge to yet another great stay.
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MNSnowCat
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Newmy, they didn't look any worse for wear except for getting in after dark and nowhere to park since we were hogging up all the space by the brown house. 
Oh no, we were already packed up by then...
Sorry if we woke anyone up on Sat morning but the damn German diesel didn't want to start.
The snow was killer... Not ready to come home.
Oh no, we were already packed up by then...
Sorry if we woke anyone up on Sat morning but the damn German diesel didn't want to start.
The snow was killer... Not ready to come home.
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800PowerFanatic
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I have from this wednesday and all next week off from school and I couldn't round up anyone to go !
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rollcontrol
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You gotta just load your sled up in back of your truck and go! Pretty good odds of lining up some riding mates on this forum! I'm headed out solo (flying though) next Sat. Gonna roll the dice i guess.
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800PowerFanatic
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I just couldn't go by myself I don't know all the areas well enough and its just so much more fun to be riding with another person and its much safer.
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rollcontrol
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Will do rocko, got a couple of contacts out there gotta try them first, always down with shreddin new guys! Noaa is calling for 6 -10in with more chances later in the week.
i'm looking for someone to ride with on Wednesday Thursday or Friday if anyone wants to go
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307
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I think there will be a a couple of us from laramie on wednesday
sweet i'll hit you up on here if i go
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307
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okay cool sounds good
oh yeah... something even scarier that wyoming had to offer me
probably the scariest moment of my life. went on a night ride, going too fast in alpine wy. 65-70 mph, see something at the edge of my vision straight ahead. its getting really big really fast. yep, it's a bull moose charging directly at me. well at least i think its a bull, antlers are shed. lock up the brakes. obviously the brakes dont do much at 65 mph on a smooth trail in the middle of the night. tried to pitch it sideways, didn't do much. i know I'm dead at this point. either the moose jumped outta the way at the last second or one of my multiple guardian angels body checked that fat *** outta the way
the friend I met at the bar on the back of my sled had no clue what had even happened. should be dead. some important lessons learned in wyoming.
1- moose will fu!@ing kill you.
2- whyoming has some crazy terrain/climbs
3- how to actually work on my arctic cat (thanks Bryan that I met at the bull moose who apparently is friends with every stripper)
4- how to correctly ride my 800 HO 162" (at least most the time
5- the 800 H.O. must suck twice as much gas as the pro rmk... or maybe it's my throttle always happens to be wide open
6- buy a freaking avalanche backpack!!!
7- the rules of the strip clubs in wyoming and which ones to break. HAHAHAHA!!!!
probably the scariest moment of my life. went on a night ride, going too fast in alpine wy. 65-70 mph, see something at the edge of my vision straight ahead. its getting really big really fast. yep, it's a bull moose charging directly at me. well at least i think its a bull, antlers are shed. lock up the brakes. obviously the brakes dont do much at 65 mph on a smooth trail in the middle of the night. tried to pitch it sideways, didn't do much. i know I'm dead at this point. either the moose jumped outta the way at the last second or one of my multiple guardian angels body checked that fat *** outta the way
the friend I met at the bar on the back of my sled had no clue what had even happened. should be dead. some important lessons learned in wyoming.1- moose will fu!@ing kill you.
2- whyoming has some crazy terrain/climbs
3- how to actually work on my arctic cat (thanks Bryan that I met at the bull moose who apparently is friends with every stripper)
4- how to correctly ride my 800 HO 162" (at least most the time
5- the 800 H.O. must suck twice as much gas as the pro rmk... or maybe it's my throttle always happens to be wide open
6- buy a freaking avalanche backpack!!!
7- the rules of the strip clubs in wyoming and which ones to break. HAHAHAHA!!!!
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This should be in the avy section but thanks for posting. As far as "do we see anything unsafe"? Well the most glaring part for me was how long it took you guys to get to your buddy and ask him if he was alright......damn good thing he wasn't buried.
Let's just say when you take the avy class you'll learn alot! From the video it's hard to see where your riding partners are, but obviously one was in the slide zone. You REALLY have to be aware.
Just this last weekend here in the Snowy's as I came out of the Rollercoaster, I came upon probably 20 sleds sitting right at the bottom of Widowmaker, stopped and pointed out to them it would be a whole lot better observe from up on the ridge. Just over a month ago that particular hill was shear ice 'bout 2/3rds the way up, scares the livin' hell outa me.
Just this last weekend here in the Snowy's as I came out of the Rollercoaster, I came upon probably 20 sleds sitting right at the bottom of Widowmaker, stopped and pointed out to them it would be a whole lot better observe from up on the ridge. Just over a month ago that particular hill was shear ice 'bout 2/3rds the way up, scares the livin' hell outa me.
Yep I will move this to avy section but I looked for anything that pops as DANGER and there is not any footage or at least good pics of what it looked like before the slide. As for how longt it took I cant imagine my buddies sitting down below talking and waiting to see where I was at. You also should of came to a stop BELOW your friends location as another slide could of just buried him deeper due to you highmarking over him.
we wouldn't sit there and converse about how to save a guy
he actually was buried guys... our tall friend on the ski doo luckily saw it happen. he was completely buried right down the hill from his sled. luckily his hand was sticking out so we didn't have to get the beacons out. our tall guy went and had him undug in under 2 minutes is what he says. he then moves down the hill after he makes sure matt is ok to collect the rest of the group to save the sled.
he actually was buried guys... our tall friend on the ski doo luckily saw it happen. he was completely buried right down the hill from his sled. luckily his hand was sticking out so we didn't have to get the beacons out. our tall guy went and had him undug in under 2 minutes is what he says. he then moves down the hill after he makes sure matt is ok to collect the rest of the group to save the sled.
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this video shows the hill before the slide:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DuVClbK8jzE&list=UUVX0TCS3bupT0wiB3Elfd7A&index=6&feature=plcp
once again, scroll to near the end of the video...
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