Seen it Saturday in the little bowl. First time through it was facing east, couple hrs later it was facing west near the same little bushes.
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Tampico 19/20
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It was in the little bowl yesterday at 2pm last time we went through there.
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Hopefully someone was bringing down to find owner thank
Wow, that sucks, but can't really say I am surprised by this. If they do open the gates, how many jeepers/4x4s/SxS will comply to over the snow vehicles only? Odd, odd year
I called the DNR office today & was told to call Jeff Jones, which I did. He didn't answer the phone, so I left him a message regarding the status of the gates. We'll see what happens.
Jeff called me back yesterday & was pretty adamant that the gates would remain closed. I politely argued with him for about 20 minutes. His reason for keeping them closed was because they were still grooming the trails & if he opened the gates, the sxs's & jeeps would ruin the trails. He couldn't seem to grasp the idea that it was pointless to protect the groomed trails, or to even groom them at all, if the snowmobilers couldn't get to them. In the end, he said that he would go up there today to check it out & make a decision. Everyone should be calling the DNR office & keep the pressure on.
It's funny, for years and years we never had any locked gates and we were allowed to chase the snow line as we wanted... never had any issues that I can remember... Even 6 years ago when we had the incredibly bad winter, we only rode out of the snow park 2 weekends all season, the rest of the time we drove up the road to the snow line and never had any major problems. DNR even has some very nice signs that say "Open to Registered Snowmobile Use only" that they would move to the snow line, which 3 years ago was at the White's Ridge parking lot 3.5 miles up... it worked GREAT! As it is now, Tampico is pretty much closed to all users with the gates being locked.
We hauled those signs up to whites ridge for the DNR one year. Then the groomer would come up & build a new berm at whites ridge. You're right, it worked GREAT!
Anybody ride yesterday? Any snow in the parking lot?
A trace of snow in the lot yesterday, barely enough to see. 2" at whites ridge. 10" on top. Be careful, some really good powder on top, but also hard concrete underneath that will launch you. Jeff opened the gate for us, but asked that we not drive past whites ridge. It was no problem driving to whites ridge, but we were chained up & had the sleds on a flatbed. I don't think I would drag a trailer up it yet, definitely not without chains, as I'm sure it's still a sheet of ice under the new snow. I don't know if Jeff is going to leave the gate open, you might want to check first before driving up.
Jeff just sent me a text. He's going to open the gate & move the sign.
Thanks for update BBP, I was thinking of taking my kids sledding this weekend, however I have a 4 place trailer. I might want to wait week to get the lower ice to melt. Tough maneuvering a 4 place at Whites, I'm sure it will be full. Let's hope this March will be last year's February.
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Is the gate going to be locked due to the State park shutdown?
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