Island Park Snow Conditions for 22-23 season.
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TOO DAMN COLD for this old man.
-19 here this morning lol. Cold snap broke more snow on the way! I’ll be an expert at digging out sleds lol!
I dunno.
For me, its just not much fun riding when its THAT COLD.
I found a way to stay warm. Walking. My lynx is still on mountain. Couldn't siphon. My buddy's boost was almost out. Walked off hill to him. Told him not come get me. Rode double and just made it.
DAMN SON.
Thats almost what happened to me back on DEC 6th.
So much deep snow I wasn't paying attention to the fuel gauge till the RED light came on.
CRAWLED that sled back to the trailer!
We were about to drop into another hole and i looked down and had two bars and told my buddy they were orange. Pulled it up on flat ground and nothing changed so we headed back. Then it went up to three bars so i thought I'm fine. Played for a minute on the way and it went to one instantly. We weren't halfway back and it went to none and was flashing and beeping. What worried me was we were going to get caught on top the mountain where there is just wind and no firewood. Still had to get through that and off 3 chutes before it would be legitimate to walk and still be 5 or 6 miles. Top is probably 9500 feet. I just started down 2nd chute and was laying it on its side to kick it over to miss a rock i bounced over earlier. When i hung out and gas it it died and i went over bars. Wouldn't restart. We got lucky. There was a old cabin with a stove that we could've got to. Went by it on way out. Would've had to make that decision earlier. Way better to be lucky than good any day.
that can certainly make an otherwise average day plenty exciting.
How’s the conditions down there? Got invited but it’s good here too lol?
Any New reports on IP snow conditions? Got a group head that direction on Thursday for 3 days. From what I've seen watching the weather reports and snotel, it's been a couple weeks since they got a good dump but looks to be dropping maybe 8-12" from yesterday thru Wed. Hoping there's enough to challenge a few green horns that we have tagging along 
this year!
this year!
I got back a couple days ago. The base that's layed down is the most I have seen in alot of years. Last week's storm dumped more to the north.Any New reports on IP snow conditions? Got a group head that direction on Thursday for 3 days. From what I've seen watching the weather reports and snotel, it's been a couple weeks since they got a good dump but looks to be dropping maybe 8-12" from yesterday thru Wed. Hoping there's enough to challenge a few green horns that we have tagging along
we picked up 5 inches last night and are supposed to get a couple more tomorrow
Got out for a ride this morning in IP.
Snow was surprisingly good.
Found 6-9" most everywhere we went looking up on the mountain.
But the weather was absolutely crap.
Freezing fog all day long.
And the mountain was WILDLY BUSY today.
Don't think I have ever seen this many sleds on the trails before.
Rode past multiple groups of 25+ sleds at a time.
And these were NOT tour groups.
Just enormous gatherings of Family and Friends from back east out here to ride in the mountains.
Snow was surprisingly good.
Found 6-9" most everywhere we went looking up on the mountain.
But the weather was absolutely crap.
Freezing fog all day long.
And the mountain was WILDLY BUSY today.
Don't think I have ever seen this many sleds on the trails before.
Rode past multiple groups of 25+ sleds at a time.
And these were NOT tour groups.
Just enormous gatherings of Family and Friends from back east out here to ride in the mountains.
Thanks for the update. Pointing the truck and trailer west first thing tomorrow morning!
Looks like that snow we have been waiting for it about to arrive!!
Some of you have been asking for updated snowfall totals for Monday-Tuesday. Here we have our forecast and also the probability of getting 2 or more inches of snow. Winds will increase tomorrow afternoon and evening across I-84 and I-86 with wind gusts hitting 60 mph
Some of you have been asking for updated snowfall totals for Monday-Tuesday. Here we have our forecast and also the probability of getting 2 or more inches of snow. Winds will increase tomorrow afternoon and evening across I-84 and I-86 with wind gusts hitting 60 mph
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