Photos of Island Park snow conditions (12/27/09)

[christopher]

West of Last Chance, just off north side of Highway 20.

 

[christopher]

West of Last Chance
Big fields with plenty of weeds still showing through.

 

[christopher]

Mesa Falls Exit off of Highway 20.

 

[christopher]

Turn Off to Mesa Falls
All the bumps are the weeds that are just barely covered over with snow.

 

[christopher]

View of Sawtel Peak, from Island Park Village, Eastern Island Park.
Can not ride over any of the barb wired fences yet.

 

[christopher]

View looking towards West Yellowstone from Eastern Island Park.

Notice the height of the fence posts relative to the snow..

 

[christopher]

Sled trail going up towards Sawtel Peak.
Weeds and rocks still showing through.

 

[christopher]

Parking Lot at Big Springs Warming Hut.

 

[christopher]

Big Springs Warming Hut.
Notice the snow level at the base of the concrete foundation of the hut.

 

[Bubba700]

And if you know where to go up there, there is a snow like this, from last wens.

and one from Saturday

 

[christopher]

Once you get a little elevation and get away from the valley I am sure the snow is considerably better. !!

These are just valley photos from a trip up the mountain for lunch with my family.

 

[polaris1]

How was the blue creek trail or did you go in from sawtell?

 

[Long Gone]

How was the blue creek trail or did you go in from sawtell?

The blue creek trail was groomed all the way to Windshield hill.

 

[polaris1]

hells roaring seems to have alittle more than taylor mt. we were there on the 24th . we had to get really high up to get away from the weeds showing. we got above the cloud level which was nice.

 

[Snowgov]

Great pics everyone. Thanks for sharing. Will be out there in about two weeks. Keep doing your snow dances!

 

[xpdfcwut]

So i will guess that the " Deep Snow Challenge" will be the usual low snow joke as opposed to actually going to where the snow is this year.

 

[christopher]

Since I took those photos a week ago, its a whole new situation up there.

There is now plenty of snow in the valley and a LOT of snow in the mountains.

Snow is predicted for the next couple days as well.

Outlook has GREATLY improved!

 

[ARMYSLEDER]

Since I took those photos a week ago, its a whole new situation up there.

There is now plenty of snow in the valley and a LOT of snow in the mountains.

Snow is predicted for the next couple days as well.

Outlook has GREATLY improved!

Lets hope so, I only get 2 weeks end of the month and I need make it worth while?