Any updates?
Probably heading that way tomorrow (Thursday) morning. How's the ride from the lot?
Thanks!
Probably heading that way tomorrow (Thursday) morning. How's the ride from the lot?
Thanks!
Tampico 17-18
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Road has been closed so we're all riding from the lot. Enough snow to keep you cool but gravel skipping till past Whites.
FYI... don't come down North fork , it's worse. And another note, where there's snow, it's whooped out.
We need snow...then grooming.
FYI... don't come down North fork , it's worse. And another note, where there's snow, it's whooped out.
We need snow...then grooming.
Let's see if this works...
Great ride at Tampico on Saturday, amazing snow if we would have had 5 ft of base underneath it, but I'm not going to complain too much.
Don't recognize that spot in the first vid.... where abouts were you at
Looks like it is getting better!
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12/29/2017 PM Tampico update
AS of 2100 12/29/2017 just below the Tampico Snopark; the rain is starting to quit, things are freezing up and the road is very icy and a little rough - will be dangerous in the morning.
We have been away for a few days; since that time we have only had around an inch of new snow followed by a whole lot of melt. I have huge new puddles in my yard, and worst of all, our creek is high and muddy - never a good sign (especially in mid-winter) that things are melting up high with a decent amount of runoff. We are probably now down to 3-4" of snow.
They were going to try to groom today, but the heavy rain and ice made that illogical. From what I hear, DNR has closed the roads to prevent damage.
The forecast is for cooling temps, but still no major storm on the short term horizon. The 2 week extended is for cool with below to normal precip. However, the melting should slow down and stop over night.
As a side note, I hiked last Friday up to about 4200' elevation, and I was walking on dirt up high most of the time. Again, not the norm...
This is not a great start.
Please remember to drive carefully, especially until the road clears up. It is extremely hazardous at this time - and will be for the next couple of mornings...
I will post again when conditions change (hopefully improve...). I will try to update the thread more often when I can.
Tampico
AS of 2100 12/29/2017 just below the Tampico Snopark; the rain is starting to quit, things are freezing up and the road is very icy and a little rough - will be dangerous in the morning.We have been away for a few days; since that time we have only had around an inch of new snow followed by a whole lot of melt. I have huge new puddles in my yard, and worst of all, our creek is high and muddy - never a good sign (especially in mid-winter) that things are melting up high with a decent amount of runoff. We are probably now down to 3-4" of snow.
They were going to try to groom today, but the heavy rain and ice made that illogical. From what I hear, DNR has closed the roads to prevent damage.
The forecast is for cooling temps, but still no major storm on the short term horizon. The 2 week extended is for cool with below to normal precip. However, the melting should slow down and stop over night.
As a side note, I hiked last Friday up to about 4200' elevation, and I was walking on dirt up high most of the time. Again, not the norm...
This is not a great start.
Please remember to drive carefully, especially until the road clears up. It is extremely hazardous at this time - and will be for the next couple of mornings...
I will post again when conditions change (hopefully improve...). I will try to update the thread more often when I can.
Tampico
Darn looks like I should have went.
Quit it already!!!!
What we have here is the highly elusive creature known simply as corduroy... It is very skiddish and will disappear quickly when encountered by large groups of throttle junkies. It is an extremely rare and lucky chance to see Corduroy without any marks on it... something that should be appreciated and treated with respect so it may live as long as possible. The typical lifespan of Corduroy in the Tampico area is measured in minutes... lifespans of over an hour are highly rare!
Rode back on this!
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What we have here is the highly elusive creature known simply as corduroy... It is very skiddish and will disappear quickly when encountered by large groups of throttle junkies. It is an extremely rare and lucky chance to see Corduroy without any marks on it... something that should be appreciated and treated with respect so it may live as long as possible. The typical lifespan of Corduroy in the Tampico area is measured in minutes... lifespans of over an hour are highly rare!
Wife and I ran into that up there last year....first tracks all day!
It was so awesome (and not taken for granted) that I stopped several times to take pics of it, lol.
A friend went up Thursday and said it was horrible, raining in the afternoon and snow was bad and very thin everywhere.
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