anybody goin up riding to castle march 6th or 8th, pickin up my new dragon 800 wed and need ppl to go riding with.
Castle area
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is there much snow there or any?
the ski hill has got almost 100cm the past 7 days (thats what it says on there web site) so sounds like it might be a good time, i just wanna get out and try the new sled.ill know more tomorow my boss is up there today.
Castle ski report 100cm = 25cm anywhere else so take it for what it is worth.
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Here are some pics of the Castle - Carbondale creek area from Feb 28/09. Lots of land mines but will improve with the snow forecasted next week. Was worth the trip as far as we were concerned and my 7 year old son got some real mountain riding experience.
Ignore the date on the pics, they are from yesterday.
Ignore the date on the pics, they are from yesterday.
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Thought I'd bump this thread.
Rode in behind Castle yesterday, and it was deeeeeep. Probably 40-50 cms of fresh on top of a sun crust, so although there's loads of snow its REALLY unstable. We triggered a pretty large slide while snowboarding down a slope beside one I had just highmarked. There's a buried suncrust that all this new storm snow is sitting on, so all the south facing (ESPECIALLY the wind loaded slopes) are on a hair trigger. We found 2 weak layers during a compression test about 30 minutes prior to the slide, but made a bad decision on a slope that wasn't representative of our testing.
Be safe people. Lots of new fresh, but a bad decision almost led to a burial. Luckily we made a good route choice dropping into the face and the rider was able to cut out before getting caught. Still scared the sh*t out of us though.
Rode in behind Castle yesterday, and it was deeeeeep. Probably 40-50 cms of fresh on top of a sun crust, so although there's loads of snow its REALLY unstable. We triggered a pretty large slide while snowboarding down a slope beside one I had just highmarked. There's a buried suncrust that all this new storm snow is sitting on, so all the south facing (ESPECIALLY the wind loaded slopes) are on a hair trigger. We found 2 weak layers during a compression test about 30 minutes prior to the slide, but made a bad decision on a slope that wasn't representative of our testing.
Be safe people. Lots of new fresh, but a bad decision almost led to a burial. Luckily we made a good route choice dropping into the face and the rider was able to cut out before getting caught. Still scared the sh*t out of us though.
4 guys went missing, but I heard they found them. I saw quite a few groups of 4 yesterday so it's hard to say which group, but I have an idea.
It was a total whiteout up high with heavy winds and precipitation, so I can see how they got lost.
It was a total whiteout up high with heavy winds and precipitation, so I can see how they got lost.
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