Island Park
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we are there Feb 1st....is it lokking pretty bad right now? worth 12 hour drive?
. O well better than the dirt lumps here in ND.w2 bridin where in nd from what days you there and where you staying
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TQUIRL
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We were there on the 11th and 12th of Jan and the riding was pretty awesome. We had 2 ft of untouched powder on the trail and even better off trail. The measuring stick at the intersection of the Baker Draw road and Fish Creek road was showing 6 feet. Here are a couple of pics on the trail from the 11th at 7600 feet.
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W2 shows possible snow this Thursday and chance of snow for a couple days after Thursday so may not be to bad
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MooseCrossing
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This was taken 2 weeks ago on the back side of Two Top approximately 10 - 12 miles from our cabin in Island Park - there is good snow to be found and although nothing much is predicted in the way of snow this week - next week looks like it will produce a few days of snow.
You should be smiling by the time you get here, a series of storms are forecast in the next ten days.
Is the general riding elevation around here 8k-10k ft?
I know town starts out at like 6500 but is two top and surrounding areas generally 8k-10k ft?
I forget the other area we rode.... black hills or black mountains something like that (was my first time there last year)..that seemed like lower elevation at the time not sure?
I rode out there last year with clutching for 8-10k ft but to be honest I was having so much damn fun I never even looked at RPM's would like to be a little more dialed in this year.
I was perfect in Cooke a few weeks ago with my setup climbing at 9800 ft not sure how often or how much rideable there is at that elevation out there.
Thanks
I know town starts out at like 6500 but is two top and surrounding areas generally 8k-10k ft?
I forget the other area we rode.... black hills or black mountains something like that (was my first time there last year)..that seemed like lower elevation at the time not sure?
I rode out there last year with clutching for 8-10k ft but to be honest I was having so much damn fun I never even looked at RPM's would like to be a little more dialed in this year.
I was perfect in Cooke a few weeks ago with my setup climbing at 9800 ft not sure how often or how much rideable there is at that elevation out there.
Thanks
Any updates on the snow condition in IP ill be headen out there on the 6th of feb.
Was in IP this weekend. Epic Snow. Great powder on Two Top (if you can find it)
Over the hood up high but a little crusty down low.
We tore up at least three big areas for all the powder that was there.
Over the hood up high but a little crusty down low.
We tore up at least three big areas for all the powder that was there.
Ill see what I can do. I dont have one of thoes fancy phones with internet, but ill see what I can do when we are there or at worst Ill do it when I get back for sure.
We went today. Pretty cloudy so light was really flat and Two Top was whited out (surprise) but in the trees the powder was 8-12" on top of a sometimes firm sometimes bottomless base. If you can find some unridden areas (and we did) it was terrific. Down lower is pretty well ridden out so you have to look for your own secret spots. We did find several though, and some right near the summit.
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