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jarrodmaas
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Haven't heard much on the big horns this year, Just wondering if anyone has rode out of bear lodge and if its any good
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jarrodmaas
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I'm with ya dont want to make the drive without knowing how it is
We are heading out next week on the 17th. I would also like to hear how it is. Following.
We rode out of Bear Lodge Jan 28th - 30th. They had gotten new snow that week, so we were pretty fortunate. Still a lot of grass and sagebrush poking through the snow in a lot of places then. Where we were was pretty tracked up by the end of the weekend, but don’t know the area very well, so we stayed fairly close to the trails.
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We rode to our "go to" spot on the 10th. Decent snow. Not a ton of fresh powder. It started snowing that night and we expected 3". We woke up to 6" and it snowed all day on the 11th. 12"+ at Bear Lodge. Poor visibility in the snow on the 11th made it difficult but we rode in some of the best powder we've ever had in the Big Horns. Still not much for base. We managed to hit a couple of rocks and bent some A-Arms and messed up my knee. Saturday the 19th was a blue bird day with fresh powder from the day before. It was an awesome trip. It looks like they are getting more snow this week, so should be good up there for a while now.
Any updates? Anyone ridden the south side?
Got a storm last week. Sounds like its rideable now, but I have not been up. Been driving to areas with more snow.
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jarrodmaas
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any updates on the bear lodge area?
rode saturday put on 80 miles. the least snow ive ever ridden there. Rode all the way from bear lodge to high country and only found a few decent spots on some north facing slopes in the trees. still made a fun day but was really surprised at how low the snow was compared to the sno tel, a lot of sage brush rocks and grass.
Really appreciate this real world feedback...was thinking about making a run out there, but with the price of gas and everything else just not going to do it for those kinds of conditions.
I Rode on Sat the 26th from Bear Lodge to Granite Pass (about all there is left). Trail had cover going out and got warm during the day with about a foot of wet heavy snow. Got pinned near a fence line and broke through the crust to the sugar layer and it was a bear getting her out. Wouldn't give to pivot out, and all the wet heavy stuck up in the 165 track just anchored her down. Got it dug and turned enough, looked like an excavator dug the trench to get out. Saw one large cornice with some big cracks in it. Surprised it had not let go yet. Going back in the last couple miles was scetch with lots of bare spots on the road. Parking lot at bear lodge was an icy swimming pool when we got back. Think this is it for the Big Horns unless she gets hit with another storm and cold temps. Highly unlikely though.
Looks like horns got some snow overnight
Yea, they are talking about quite a bit of snow coming over the next week, anyone headed out to the Hill climbs?
