Well we have managed about 700 miles this year in 16 days of riding. Averaged 43 Miles a day. But the first 5 rides in Nov and Dec were in about 6 - 12 - 24" of snow at best and that is it. Our group Lost 2 A arms, 2 rear bumpers a front bumper, a clutch 2 engines & 1 broken leg and ancle so far.
But we had 3 new sleds that were bought in the last month because of my Pro I bought in July so that is a plus.
Last year by March 16th we had ridden 26 times. This year only 16 times so far. Last year we rode a total of 40 days. This year we will probably not even hit 20. We rode from Nov - July last year. That spans 9 months of riding. Now this year our rides really didnt start until Jan 21st and I think we will be done on March 19th if not March 10th depending on this storm that comes in this weekend. Nov and Dec rides sucked with hardly any snow so they really didn't even count, and I actually took out my wheeler 2 times in Dec and once in Jan. So really we have had since Jan 21st - March 10 that we have ridden 11 times. Only 3 rides in decent powder.
So really winter has only been here for 50 days. Jan 20th through March 10th. Last year we rode sleds that spaned 235 days. Nov 13th through July 6th. and I think we had more snow in our Nov- Dec rides last year than we have had all year this year.... Hold on let me check..........
Ok so I just checked my Alta snow chart history that I have been collecting since 2004 and I am right. This year to date it has snowed a total of 267" at Alta Ski resort. Last year by Dec 31st it had snowed 264"
By the end of March last year Alta had 565" of snowfall. Thats 300" more snow than we have had this year. Oh and we haven't even hit 300" yet this year. If anybody thought that it could not be worse than 2 years ago we have all been proven wrong. This has got to be the worst winter on record!!!
What really sucks is that we are now still 8 months away from the beginning of the next season. This is going to be a long summer.
