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Backcountry Sled Patriots alert:
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From: Stan Spencer <stanspencer@montana.com>
Date: Feb 10, 2015 11:00 AM
Subject: Great Burn
Carol Hennesy from the Clearwater FS sent Sandra Mitchell, Scott Bledsoe and myself an email yesterday about the amount of snowmobile access into the Blasklead Mtn area. They have been doing fly overs. As I have previously mentioned, even though the FS and ISSA signed an out of court settlement it is not binding until the Judge approves it. Why this is taking so long is a question no one has the answer to.
There are some intervenors who are trying to change the settlement agreement and while I'm not privy to the exact language, I would suspect they do not want the area reopened while a new Travel Plan is revised. I have heard some commentary that this is some sort of ploy by the FS to keep it closed. The fact is the FS is as perplexed as we are at this point. My concern now is if people keep accessing the area while it is technically closed the wilderness advocates are going to challenge the proposed alternative Special Management areas within the RWA, claiming snowmobilers won't respect boundaries anyway. There has been a lot of collaborative work to get the Special Management Areas on the table so DON'T SCREW IT UP NOW.
I have seen inquiries on our FB site asking how to get into the Great Burn and Scott Bledsoe has also told me he is seeing the same thing. It appears there are a lot of people who have now heard about the Gt. Burn through our asking for comments on the Clearwater Forest Plan review and are now finding people to take them into the area. The simple answer/solution is it is closed until further notice.
Now Carol also told us that there will be increased patrols on the coming weekends, especially on Presidents Day weekend. Not being able to ride in the area tears me up as it does the rest of you but sooner or later we will get it back.
The FS has been pretty understanding by not issuing tickets so far but their benevolence has limits. I have heard the Beaver Ridge area that is closed is getting hit hard and the FS law enforcement can access that area very easily so pass the word around.
Stan Spencer
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What a load of horsechit!!!
What a load of horsechit!!!
Wweeeelllppp....
Cooke in the morning bit@$es......
Cooke in the morning bit@$es......
That's what I was afraid of. I suppose it will all be soft by the end of this week. You getting out at all?
And yes $20 lol.
Taking my son to Seeley on Sunday to ride his Jag. I expect crust.
You guys should be able to find good snow.
Anything that got a lot of sun today will be crusty in the am. We rode the north fork into the bowls today and it was surprisingly good. Anything staying out of the afternoon sun has decent powder. Tomorrow we will be back up there coming in from seeley this time. The jocko road is about done if we don't get any snow.
We'll be on channel 3.1 if you want to meet up. Watch for two red pros. If not maybe we'll see you around the warming hut.
Man sittin on the sidelines for a season sucks...even if the snow isn't that great. Hopefully I'll be back in action next year
crappy snow on sunday
Hard and crappy on the way in. COULDNT keep my sled below 160 for more than a few seconds at a time.
Finally about 2:00 it warmed up the top inch or two (it was still REALLY icy underneath) we could keep temps below 150 pretty consistently.
It was REALLY easy to find ice crust underneath and lose momentum on a hill. Made for a couple of "slide down backward" moments for a couple of us when booning between Elsina and Dinah.
I REARELY saw 130 until I got on the road to go out. Took the main road out...and zipped along pretty good and stayed in the 130s.
Hard and crappy on the way in. COULDNT keep my sled below 160 for more than a few seconds at a time.
Finally about 2:00 it warmed up the top inch or two (it was still REALLY icy underneath) we could keep temps below 150 pretty consistently.
It was REALLY easy to find ice crust underneath and lose momentum on a hill. Made for a couple of "slide down backward" moments for a couple of us when booning between Elsina and Dinah.
I REARELY saw 130 until I got on the road to go out. Took the main road out...and zipped along pretty good and stayed in the 130s.
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summer to do list
Tore down and ready for a face lift.
Should get another seven years easy...
Tore down and ready for a face lift.
Should get another seven years easy...
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First some repairs and more beef, then sand blast, then powder coat...
The original marine grade plywood that was on it is actually in pretty good shape after seven years... I can't complain about that at all... I'll use the plastic textured surface marine grade ply that Mission uses on their decks, along with some new superglides....
The composite stuff is just too spendy, and weighs like twice as much......
First some repairs and more beef, then sand blast, then powder coat...
The original marine grade plywood that was on it is actually in pretty good shape after seven years... I can't complain about that at all... I'll use the plastic textured surface marine grade ply that Mission uses on their decks, along with some new superglides....
The composite stuff is just too spendy, and weighs like twice as much......
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