It is not even winter yet. Winter starts the 21st. Best snowmobiling in Utah is end of Jan to early March. Still go in June if your a die hard.
Utah Snow Conditions
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It is not even winter yet. Winter starts the 21st. Best snowmobiling in Utah is end of Jan to early March. Still go in June if your a die hard.
there are years we have more snow by halloween than we do this year. There are years we dont have snow till christmas...
be patient my fellow sledders, the new years monster storm is coming... 6 feet in 3 days...
yea its called history
just check your snow fall records for the last 10 years... we traditionally get a monster storm right around new years... im just hoping for 6 feet... even if its only 3 it will still help...
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snengineer
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Fairview 12-11-07
Still plenty of powder up there. Watch for rocks, I didn't hit any but a saw a few, stay'd low in the draingages all day it was fantastic snow. here are a couple pictures. I would say the lowest was 2' clear up to 3.5' coverage all around. Best base I 've seen up at Fairview this time a year.
Still plenty of powder up there. Watch for rocks, I didn't hit any but a saw a few, stay'd low in the draingages all day it was fantastic snow. here are a couple pictures. I would say the lowest was 2' clear up to 3.5' coverage all around. Best base I 've seen up at Fairview this time a year.
I have christmas break out of school. I will be riding alot the last week of december and i will keep you guys updated. Mostly grandview, chaulk creek, and whitney/Superbowl areas.
ya, right now cache valleys not looking so hot. we got nothing in the valley and last sunday we went up logan canyon to the sinks(right at the peak before you drop towards bearlake) and there was maybe a foot to a foot and a half max on the trails. we didnt even think of gettin off the trail. i know its technically not winter yet, but he!! we usually start riding in the middle to end of november and have atleast a couple decent rides by now.
phatty- i really hope your source of future snow is reliable, cuz man im startin to get some serious snow withdrawls.
phatty- i really hope your source of future snow is reliable, cuz man im startin to get some serious snow withdrawls.
Going riding on sunday also, I think we are going to smith and moorehouse though. I love fairview and tower. Fairview is pretty easy place to find your way around. You drive right to 8400 feet, or like 96000 depending on what parking lot you go to. but it is very open, its also a great plae to ride through the trees, lots of quakies. If for some reason we have a change of plans and go to tower or fairview I will let you know, We are always happy to ride with new people.
Well if the weatherman is right we have a storm coming in on wednesday and a BIG one coming in on friday. Northern storms. We can only hope atleast
It is startingto look like my group is haeding for faieview tomorrow, we were going to smith and moorehouse but I KNOW fairview has snow, so we are going there. be leaving springville around 830 in the morning.
we camped near smith and moorehous this past summer - had no idea that was a riding area. if you don't mind me asking, where do you go from there to get the goods??
right now the bulk of both those storms are going north. hopefully the sink down south a little bit. Logan should get good snow out of both of these as will star valley.
numbskull,
just gain elevation as fast as you can, head east to long mountain and watch for rocks! The uintahs are so freaking sweet when they have good snow coverage.
here is one photo album of the area
http://my.opera.com/phatty/albums/show.dml?id=254745
this picture is from the head of smith morehouse looking toward the north west
http://my.opera.com/phatty/albums/showpic.dml?album=254745&picture=3763641
this is from the same ridge looking directly west at erickson basin
http://my.opera.com/phatty/albums/showpic.dml?album=254745&picture=3763641
and this is the shot inbetween the two
http://my.opera.com/phatty/albums/showpic.dml?album=254745&picture=3763643
from the same spot looking directly north at hells kitchen smith morehous would be the canyon coming up from the left
http://my.opera.com/phatty/albums/showpic.dml?album=254745&picture=3763926
same spot now looking north east at long mountain. all this is rideable you just need to be careful with rocks.
http://my.opera.com/phatty/albums/showpic.dml?album=254745&picture=3763932
so really you could come up smith morehouse and head south into erickson basin (playing in north bowls) or head east and hit long mountain (south west facing slopes) watch for rocks
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snengineer
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right now the bulk of both those storms are going north. hopefully the sink down south a little bit. Logan should get good snow out of both of these as will star valley.
numbskull,
just gain elevation as fast as you can, head east to long mountain and watch for rocks! The uintahs are so freaking sweet when they have good snow coverage.
here is one photo album of the area
http://my.opera.com/phatty/albums/show.dml?id=254745
this picture is from the head of smith morehouse looking toward the north west
http://my.opera.com/phatty/albums/showpic.dml?album=254745&picture=3763641
this is from the same ridge looking directly west at erickson basin
http://my.opera.com/phatty/albums/showpic.dml?album=254745&picture=3763641
and this is the shot inbetween the two
http://my.opera.com/phatty/albums/showpic.dml?album=254745&picture=3763643
from the same spot looking directly north at hells kitchen smith morehous would be the canyon coming up from the left
http://my.opera.com/phatty/albums/showpic.dml?album=254745&picture=3763926
same spot now looking north east at long mountain. all this is rideable you just need to be careful with rocks.
http://my.opera.com/phatty/albums/showpic.dml?album=254745&picture=3763932
so really you could come up smith morehouse and head south into erickson basin (playing in north bowls) or head east and hit long mountain (south west facing slopes) watch for rocks
Phatty don't tell me you have succefully ridden up Hells Kitchen above Smith Morehouse?????
We were the other sledders back there with ya the day you took those photos. Anchor lake area has some Krazy Canadian/Brad Story worthy stuff.
Your right its a blast when the snow is deep!
Not yet i havent, but if we can get 100" of snow up there its on my agenda for this year. Its interesting to me how little explored the uintahs are. Very rarely do i see anybody past mt watson or the notch (from mirror lake side). if your not afraid to make some sick pulls up tight tree lines you can drop into drainages and work your way back up the other sides that makes for amazing cross country riding. Last year we found these awesome pillars of rock that jutted up out of nowhere like fortress towers (course i forgot my camera that day so we have to go back)
my favorite is to get as high up as i can on a shelf and see if i can ride it all the way around the peaks...
but a guy could get way lost back up there super easy as well...
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