Wednesday February 01, 2012 Report - The 9th full report for the 2011 / 2012 year.
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Wednesday February 01, 2012, 19:20 PM
Cross Country Skiers:
You can see this current (9th) web version of this report
at: http://home.custertel.net/~ckeene41/xcskirpt.htm
The 1st through 8th reports for the 2011/2012 year are saved at http://home.custertel.net/~ckeene41/xcskirpt1201.htm
through http://home.custertel.net/~ckeene41/xcskirpt1208.htm
(Archived reports end in 1201.htm, 1202.htm, 1203.htm etc.)
Added local XC Ski info is available at my main Salmon XC
Ski Page at:
http://home.custertel.net/~ckeene41/cksalxcski.htm
Planned Trips:
1. Tomorrow, Thursday 02/02/2012. Gene,
Tim and I are planning to ski one of the William's Cr. Trails - probably
the Meadow Trail down to Cougar Point. Part of this trail is a little steep. Give
me a call at 756-2085 or 303-1041 if interested. We could probably meet you at
the Shoup Bridge CG at 10:30, but please call in case we change our mind.
2. Friday, 02/03/2012. Marlene and I plan to drive up to
Chief Joseph and ski the groomed runs for awhile. We'll need to be back in
Salmon by 4:00 PM or earlier. Give me a call at 756-2085 or
303-1041 if interested and we can arrange a meeting place.
2. Saturday 02/04/2012: Meet at the Stagecoach Inn Motel
Parking lot at 10:00 AM for a ski trip to the
Snow Conditions:
This
year I've started my on-line ski trip reports again. Go to http://home.custertel.net/~ckeene41/skitriprpt.htm
for the reports. Scroll down a ways and find the latest report on top. Scroll
down for earlier reports. These may help you judge ski conditions. Send me any reports
that you'd like to see posted. The last report was our trip down the William's
Cr. Trail yesterday.
1. William's
Creek Trail System:
I don't know the condition of the North Moccasin and Moccasin Cutoff Trails. There should be adequate
snow on most other trails, with the possible exception of the Meadow Trail to
Cougar Point. However, one should be able to take the Meadow Trail down to the
Lower Aspen Loop TH via the William's Cr. Road "Cutoff" with no
problem. There is a caution for the William's Cr. Trail until we get more snow.
Twice we skied off the trail just below where the William's Cr Trail (#078) is
joined by the "Upper" Aspen Loop Trail (#223). If you ski down the
William's Cr. Trail you need to watch for the trail junction sign which is hard
to see but on the left facing right toward trail #223 which enters on the right.
Just past this point follow the blue diamonds closely. The diamonds go down but
slightly to the left whereas all but one of our tracks goes down and to the
right. Further down past the junction with the "Lower" Aspen Loop
there is a steep pitch just before a creek crossing. Walk this short 50 foot
section just before the creek due to possible rocks.
Also check my trip report for a description of
the unmarked "Horse-Log" Trails which would be fun for an out and
back from the Shoshoni TH, now that there are tracks to follow.
Click Here
for a description of the Trailheads and Click Here
for my on-line copy of the Trail map (minus the Mukluk and Upper Shoshoni
Trails).
2.
2a CJ
Groomed Trails: Although the Snotel doesn't show this much, Lost Trail Ski Area
listed 8" of new snow today. The NOAA forecast is for only an inch more
tonight and no more through Saturday. CLICK HERE
and click on the Chief Joseph link and see the last several reports. There also
will probably be an update after they finish grooming Friday. Also check the
Como Trails and
2b.
Chief Joseph Area "Ungroomed Trails". See the snow reports
above. Most trails will probably require heavy trail breaking. Click
here to see any weather updates for Lost Trail Pass. Anyone skiing on
steeper slopes should use caution. The current avalanche hazard has been
downgraded from Considerable to Moderate. However we have been hearing lots of
"Whoomphing" so one should use caution on any slopes over 30 degrees.
Click Here for details.
4. Skate
Ski opportunities: See # 2a above. CLICK
HERE for Stanley & Sun Valley Areas including Galena Lodge, and
Harriman Trail (Click the "++More++" on the bottom to expand the
initial display.). Also Click Here
for more
CLICK
HERE for added links for Chief Joseph and William's Creek Snow and Weather
Conditions. Previously the Lemhi Ridge Snotel snow depth was about 3" more
than at the Meadow Trailhead. The Saddle Mountain Snotel depth was about
5" more than at Chief Joseph.
Other News: - Get your tickets tomorrow. I'll be taking them back on Friday.
Bitterroot
XC Ski Club EXTRAVAGANZA" CLICK
HERE for their neat poster (and some added info at the bottom).
The
Bitterroot Cross Country Ski Club is kicking off the 19th Annual Chief Joseph
Extravaganza. The drawing will be at the ski club meeting on February 9th ---
winners need not be present to win. Raffle
tickets are now available at several locations including: Gordon Reese Hut
at Chief Joseph Ski Area, The Odd
Fellows Bakery at
Tickets are $1.00 each, or 6 for every $5.00.
All proceeds from ticket sales benefit the
grooming expenses of the Chief Joseph Ski Area. If you ski there, you know what
a great job the volunteers do.
There are more prizes than ever this year
including—
A night at the Gordon Reese Hut for four with a gourmet catered dinner—this is
reserved for March 3, 2012.
A night for two at Triple Creek Ranch including a gourmet dinner and breakfast
(some months are excluded)
A dinner certificate for Wild Mare restaurant in Corvallis, MT
Cross Country Ski package from Bob Ward in Hamilton
A night at The Darby Bed & Breakfast or The Jackson House Bed and Breakfast
Winners of the drawing will get their choice
of prize in the order in which names are drawn.
/s/ Cliff
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TABLE
OF CONTENTS: (Click
on the following to jump down to that section. Hit the Back Button to return
here.)
1. PLANNED TRIPS: (See above)
2. PREVIOUS TRIPS:
3. Ski Trail Condition Reports: WILLIAM'S CR. TRAILS: ,
CHIEF JOSEPH - ANDERSON MT. ROAD
AREA:
4. MISC.:
5. AVALANCHE:
6. OTHER WEB LINKS:
INTRODUCTION: To better understand planned trips
and previous trip reports, I encourage you to get three maps. Go to the A. INTRODUCTION
Section of my Salmon
The current ski report will always be, posted on http://home.custertel.net/~ckeene41/xcskirpt.htm.
If you want me to make changes on the email list, call me at 208-756-2085 or email me. You can get my email from the messages that I send to you or call me. Currently we have about have about 80 on the list.
PLANNED
TRIPS:
See above.
PREVIOUS
TRIPS:
For a short description of each ski trip to date for the 2008 - 2009
season go to: http://home.custertel.net/~ckeene41/skitriprpt.htm
Scroll down, or click on the links for the latest and subsequent months
for the season. NOTE also that there are links to the reports for previous
years back to 2004.
SKI REPORT:
CHIEF
JOSEPH -
Click Here for the Missoula Nordic Grooming
Info page. Scroll down for my latest
Lost Trail Ski Area
OTHER
WEB LINKS:
Links not yet in "CLIFF'S SALMON
Here's a link to a site that describes the TEN ESSENTIALS to carry on
the trail. He's added a few additional items:
http://www.isu.edu/outdoor/ten.htm
* Possible Ski Related News:
The Outdoors Sections
of the Missoulian and the
CLICK
HERE for the Outdoors Section of the Missoulian On-Line. Check out the
latest Outdoors News Briefs.
* CLICK
HERE for the Outdoors Section of the
Here's an examples of some of
their reporting. One is about the Lost
Trail Ski Area and some previous changes.
* Here's the NEW WEST SNOWBLOG
which may have local skiing info from time to time.
** Click here for
wintertime articles by a local reporter.
CLICK HERE for the Outdoors
Section of the
** Check out the Idaho Summit's Idaho Outdoors Message Forum for some good trip reports.
** Another good site is the Telemark Tips Site and their Telemark Tips Discussion Forum.
Here's an interesting link to some history of ski (mountaineering) equipment:
http://www.alpenglow.org/ski-history/notes/ms/rei-catalogs.html
Here's Lou Binik's
"Foxwear" web site:
http://www.foxwear.net/. Be sure to copy
or type this correctly. "foxware.net", "foxware.com" and
"foxwear.com" are all different sites.
Tawna Skinner services cross country
skis and equipment.
She will also give cross country and telemark ski instruction.
Details are at: http://home.custertel.net/~ckeene41/TawnaXCski.htm
Pray for snow,
Cliff Keene, Salmon,
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Revised Count: 4,484 after minor edit on 03/24/07 added Email
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Previous Full Update: 02/15/2007 14:20 PM
Latest Full Update:
02/22/2007 21:25 PM
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