Will be in mammoth this coming weekend, shady rest saturday about 10am, staying at the rodeway
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GarlandM8
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Had a great ride and meet with the FS in regards to the Adopt-A-Trail on the SBNF. Had 4 club members and family, met up at the trailhead to Keller Peak trail. Rode up to the Fire Lookout, played in some of the adjoining areas, held some avalanche beacon and probe practice, and some talk on future plans and rides.
Some of our big gripes are the conditions of the staging areas. Travis is working on getting better plowing to address these issues. With the AAT volunteer program we can have use of the Fire Station to park and launch from... also can get special use to ride other areas in the Snow Slide and Butler Peak areas and also put in at the North Shore area in upcoming rides. Very positive talks today, they are really excited to work with an organized/club entity.
Thanks to Travis, Rob, Casey, Christina, and Jesse....... we had a fun day. I loaded pictures at the club website gallery. www.southlandsnoriders.webs.com
mike
Some of our big gripes are the conditions of the staging areas. Travis is working on getting better plowing to address these issues. With the AAT volunteer program we can have use of the Fire Station to park and launch from... also can get special use to ride other areas in the Snow Slide and Butler Peak areas and also put in at the North Shore area in upcoming rides. Very positive talks today, they are really excited to work with an organized/club entity.
Thanks to Travis, Rob, Casey, Christina, and Jesse....... we had a fun day. I loaded pictures at the club website gallery. www.southlandsnoriders.webs.com
mike
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GarlandM8
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Last minute ride call....
Christina and I are heading up to the Sherman area tomorrow... gonna try the east enterance at Kennedy Meadows. Should be unloading around 8-9am..
Anyone interested, come on up or give a shout.... should be leaving Wrightwood around 4
mike
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Christina and I are heading up to the Sherman area tomorrow... gonna try the east enterance at Kennedy Meadows. Should be unloading around 8-9am..
Anyone interested, come on up or give a shout.... should be leaving Wrightwood around 4
mike
949 279-3130
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GarlandM8
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Chris and I rode Friday from The East- Kennedy Meadows side. About 8-12" at the gate and snowing when we unloaded at the forest boundary at the Kern river fork. Dumped snow all day, and things got deep not far up the road near Rodeo Flats.
Rode out near Troy meadow and Fish Creek, then north towards Monache and back near Blackrock.
First time riding in from the East end... saved about an hour on the drive up compared to going the Kernville way.... and found some neat areas and lots of meadows. The day just flew by and wanted to explore some interesting areas, but ran out of time. Get some others together for next time and punch through to the north and get into Monache meadow area.
Tons of snow, got about 10" fresh while we were there, but was a wet snow, and had turned back to rain where we unloaded. Want to do some more exploring on the east end real soon.
Rode out near Troy meadow and Fish Creek, then north towards Monache and back near Blackrock.
First time riding in from the East end... saved about an hour on the drive up compared to going the Kernville way.... and found some neat areas and lots of meadows. The day just flew by and wanted to explore some interesting areas, but ran out of time. Get some others together for next time and punch through to the north and get into Monache meadow area.
Tons of snow, got about 10" fresh while we were there, but was a wet snow, and had turned back to rain where we unloaded. Want to do some more exploring on the east end real soon.
Well ... there is technically with permission.
Any National Forest road closed with 12 inches of snow or reasonable snow/ice coverage so not to harm the earth is allowed WITH PERMISSION.
Also any state road adequately closed by sign or gate can be used with PERMISSION from CALTRANS.
I received permission from CALTRANS to do this using HWY 2 but was denied further access because someone walked my sled tracks as a trail and made it back to their car after night hence my tracks created a safety hazard and the supervisor of HWY on the La Canada side said no more sleds.
I bet there is some "locals" riding the snow covered / closed roads around Wrightwood.
Nice to see someone riding.
I have not rode much this year so will be at Kernville 11-16 Feb.
Can you ride Thursday 11 Feb and Friday 12 Feb?
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GarlandM8
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I'm usually off work on Friday's..... might be able to come up... I'll talk to you during the week
Will be back in mammoth presidents weekend
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travisw1973
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I am wanting to give Sherman a try soon from the east side but it will have to be in a couple weeks.
Going to give Bass Lake up by Fresno a try this holiday weekend.
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CURRENT WORDING
WINTER STORM WATCH
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WEATHER AUTHORITY
FEB 8, 2010 10:50a
LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS ABOVE 4,000 FEET ... CAJON PASS ...
THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WEATHER AUTHORITY HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH FOR LATER TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY
A VERY COLD STORM SYSTEM WILL COME INTO THE AREA LATER TUESDAY. THE SYSTEM IS PROGGED TO DROP THE SNOW LEVELS TO 4,000 FEET DURING THE FRONTAL ZONE, LOCALLY DOWN TO 3,000 FEET IN SOME SPOTS. THE CAJON PASS WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS WITH SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOWFALL.
THE SNOW LEVEL WILL BE BELOW ALL MOUNTAIN COMMUNITIES, ENDING IN OVER A FOOT OF SNOW ABOVE 6,000 FEET AND EVEN SIX INCHES DOWN TO 4,000 FEET. AREAS ABOVE 8,000 FEET WILL RECEIVE A FOOT AND A HALF OF SNOWFALL.
IN ADDITION TO THE SNOWFALL, THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE WHICH COULD LOWER THE SNOW LEVEL TO THE BASE OF THE MOUNTAINS, BELOW 2,000 FEET.
WIND GUSTS ON TUESDAY EVENING AND NIGHT WILL BE QUITE STRONG IN THESE AREAS, WITH 40 MPH WIND GUSTS POSSIBLE, STRONGER WITH THUNDERSTORMS AROUND DUE TO DOWNBURSTS.
A BLIZZARD WARNING IS PENDING FOR THESE AREAS ...
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WINTER STORM WATCH
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WEATHER AUTHORITY
FEB 8, 2010 10:50a
LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS ABOVE 4,000 FEET ... CAJON PASS ...
THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WEATHER AUTHORITY HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH FOR LATER TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY
A VERY COLD STORM SYSTEM WILL COME INTO THE AREA LATER TUESDAY. THE SYSTEM IS PROGGED TO DROP THE SNOW LEVELS TO 4,000 FEET DURING THE FRONTAL ZONE, LOCALLY DOWN TO 3,000 FEET IN SOME SPOTS. THE CAJON PASS WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS WITH SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOWFALL.
THE SNOW LEVEL WILL BE BELOW ALL MOUNTAIN COMMUNITIES, ENDING IN OVER A FOOT OF SNOW ABOVE 6,000 FEET AND EVEN SIX INCHES DOWN TO 4,000 FEET. AREAS ABOVE 8,000 FEET WILL RECEIVE A FOOT AND A HALF OF SNOWFALL.
IN ADDITION TO THE SNOWFALL, THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE WHICH COULD LOWER THE SNOW LEVEL TO THE BASE OF THE MOUNTAINS, BELOW 2,000 FEET.
WIND GUSTS ON TUESDAY EVENING AND NIGHT WILL BE QUITE STRONG IN THESE AREAS, WITH 40 MPH WIND GUSTS POSSIBLE, STRONGER WITH THUNDERSTORMS AROUND DUE TO DOWNBURSTS.
A BLIZZARD WARNING IS PENDING FOR THESE AREAS ...
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Maybe a road ride like last year mike?
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GarlandM8
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I'll be home tomorrow nite with sled ready........ bring on the blizzard
...... head into Lone Pine Cyn, might make it to the 15??It's melting pretty fast here in wrightwood, pray for more snow
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