Wednesday Evening 01/31/07 Report – The 9th full report for the 06/07 year.
Click here for the TABLE OF CONTENTS for the “Extra Web Data” not in the email. This upper section will be used for minor updates during the week before the next report is prepared.
**Tuesday, 02/06/07 Update: On Saturday we skied the Deep Cr. Ridge – Mukluk Trails and the snow was excellent on all shaded and north facing slopes. On Sunday we skied the Shoshoni Trail and the snow was very good on top and poor on the bottom. However for the last couple of days we’ve had temperatures well above freezing, even warmer than in town. Yesterday at the Mukluk trailhead all the snow was soft and sticky even in shady areas. What this means is that skiing in pre-existing tracks, if not too steep, should be good to excellent - Icy in the morning and wet in the afternoon. However un-skied and “backcountry snow” will probably be poor until we get more snow. There is some snow predicted, so stay tuned for any updates. I wouldn’t rule out skiing the tracks near the Meadow and Mukluk Trailheads, as there is adequate depth. On Monday, I measured the following trailhead snow depths: Cougar Point: 16”, Big Fir: 17”, Meadow 23”, and Mukluk: 20”. The Monday, 10:00 AM Lemhi Ridge Snotel depth was 24.0”.
Friday, 02/02/07 Update: The snow is great on the Mukluk Trail and Saturday’s trip is still on. We skied there yesterday. Click here for details. After skiing, several of us are planning to attend the “Authentic Italian Dinner”, 4 PM – 7 PM at the St. Charles Parish Hall. See the Recorder Herald for details.
The William’s Cr. area received a couple inches of snow this week. Thus I think the crusty areas that had been exposed to the sun have improved from crappy, to poor - fair. Areas that had been previously skied may still be a little rough, but areas that haven’t been skied may be fair. With allowance for settling, there is probably an inch or two of new snow on top of the crust and in all trails. All areas that aren’t exposed to afternoon sun should be EXCELLENT.
Lost Trail got 4” Wednesday night and another 3” during the day yesterday. That should soften the packed trails somewhat. CJ should be excellent as always.
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The
Original Report Starts Here – The information above has been added since the
Email
This report starts with
the email I sent Wednesday, January 31, 2007 23:15 PM
Wednesday, January 31, 2007 23:15 PM
Cross Country Skiers,
This is just a short notice. Go to http://home.custertel.net/~ckeene41/xcskirpt.htm
to see the actual ski trip report.
I’ve finalized the date for two of the February Trips.
1. Those wanting to ski with me on Thursday, 02/01/07, call me by 09:30
AM at 756-2085.
2. Meet at the FS/BLM Office south of town at 10:00 AM this Saturday
02/03/06 for a trip to ski the Mukluk Trail. Those living south of
town meet at the BLM Soup Bridge CG. Advanced beginners can ski up part way and
return to William’s Cr. Summit and then ski up the bottom of the Mukluk Trail.
The time won’t change but I may change the destination depending on what I find
tomorrow.
3. I’ll ski Tues Feb. 6, call me.
4. The Feb. 10 or 11 trip is still undecided.
5. On Sunday, 02/18/07 Meet at the Stagecoach at 10:00 AM and meet
the Bitterroot folks at CJ at 11:00 for the shuttle. We’ll ski out the Scooter
Trail to the Shoofly Trail. Some folks will ski to Hogan Cabin and
back; and some will ski down to the Trailhead and ski a ways up the Cabinet Cr.
Trail.
6. Mark your calendar for the Lost Trail Ski Patrol Steak Fry on Saturday,
02/24/07. More details will soon be posted at: http://www.losttrail.com/events.htm
(Last years info is currently listed). Our trip for that weekend is still
uncertain. We’ll do Saddle Mtn sometime in March.
Updated William’s Cr. snow conditions will be posted on the web Friday Morning. Snow is still ok at Chief Joseph. Click the following link to see details about our recent ski trips: http://home.custertel.net/~ckeene41/skitriprpt.htm and snow conditions.
/s/ Cliff
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TABLE
OF CONTENTS: (Click
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here.)
1. PLANNED TRIPS:
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:
The last FULL REPORT # 7 was Jan. 25. All paragraphs changed since then are preceded by an asterisk (*). To find these, do an EDIT> FIND and type in an asterisk. If you close the find box you can call it up again with a CTRL-F and continue to find the asterisks. If I make any minor updates, I won't send out any notice but they will be preceded with two asterisks (**).
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 Idaho Cross-Country Ski Web Page for Details.
The current ski report will always be, posted on http://home.custertel.net/~ckeene41/xcskirpt.htm. I saved the first report as http://home.custertel.net/~ckeene41/xcskirpt0701.htm (ends in 0701) and the next report ends in 0702, etc. As I post new reports this year they’ll be labeled xcskirpt0703, ...0704, 0708, etc.
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 about have over 80 on the list.
PLANNED
TRIPS:
1. Those wanting to ski with me on Thursday, 02/01/07.
2.
3. I’ll ski Tues Feb. 6, call me. 4. The Feb. 10 or 11 trip is still undecided.
5. On Sunday, 02/18/07
6. Mark your calendar for the Lost Trail Ski Patrol Steak Fry on Saturday, 02/24/07.
More details will soon be posted at: http://www.losttrail.com/events.htm
(Last years info is currently listed). Our trip for that weekend is still
uncertain. We’ll do Saddle Mtn sometime in March.
* 1. Thursday, February 1, 2007. I’m planning to ski a proposed trail between the Shoshoni & Mukluk Trails. Call me by 09:30 AM at 756-2085.
* 2. Saturday, February 3 , 2007. Meet at the FS/BLM Office south of town at 10:00 AM for a trip to ski the Mukluk Trail. Those living south of town meet at the BLM Soup Bridge CG. Advanced beginners can ski up part way and return to William’s Cr. Summit and then ski up the bottom of the Mukluk Trail. The time won’t change but I may change the destination depending on what I find tomorrow.
* 3. Tuesday, February 6, 2007. Mid week trip. Call me at 756-2085.
* 4. Saturday, or Sunday February 10 or 11, 2007. Give me feed back on your desired day and location.
* 5. Sunday February 18, 2007. Meet at the Stagecoach at 10:00 AM and meet the Bitterroot folks at CJ at 11:00 for the shuttle. We’ll ski out the Scooter Trail to the Shoofly Trail. Some folks will ski to Hogan Cabin and back; and some will ski down to the Trailhead and ski a ways up the Cabinet Cr. Trail.
* 6. Saturday March 3, 2007. I’ll probably ski on Saturday and watch the official start of the Iditarod Sled Dog race on Sunday.
PREVIOUS
TRIPS:
For a short description of each ski trip to date for the current 2006-2007
season go to: http://home.custertel.net/~ckeene41/skitriprpt.htm
Scroll down, or click on the January 2007, or December or November 2006
link to jump to that section.
Last years trips can be found at: http://home.custertel.net/~ckeene41/skitriprpt05_06.htm including a Ski Year 2005/2006 Wrap-Up.
SKI REPORT:
Use the following Williams Cr.
Ski Trails Links to better understand the trail condition reports:
Trail
Descriptions Trailhead
Locations Trail Map Trail Segment table
Trail Condition Map (To be added later.)
On Tuesday, 01/24/07 I measured 21” at the Meadow TH. At that time Lemhi
Ridge had 23.4”. Further down I measured 18” at the Big Fir TH. The current
Lemhi Ridge depth (01/31/07) is about the same. There may have been about an
inch more of new snow.
All the William’s Cr. Trails are GOOD TO EXCELLENT with the following
exceptions. On the (upper) Buckhorn Trail # 224 a little below the
A-Frame there’s a steep pitch that may require caution. Where the (upper)
William’s Cr. Trail # 078 leaves the Ridge Road it is very steep and it
should be side stepped by most skiers. Further on this trail just before this
trail crosses the creek heading toward the big fir trailhead there are rocks. Portions
of the William’s Cr. Trail exposed to the sun will have a crust until we get
more snow. The Meadow Trail # 222 fork that goes down to Cougar Point
may have stumps and logging slash where the trail crosses the logging cutting
unit. See my trip
report for Tuesday 01/16/07 for both these last two cautions. The Perreau
Meadows Trail # 624.5 should be fair to good, areas exposed to the sun
will have a crust. Also, use caution because it’s not marked very well and
you probably won’t be able to find our tracks so you might get lost. Don’t ski through on the North Moccasin Trail.
It starts 2 miles north of William’s Cr. summit with plenty of snow, but
there’s probably still not enough snow near the
meadow at the bottom for safe skiing. I also wouldn’t recommend
skiing the Mukluk Trail from the top due to uncertain conditions. Ski it
as an up and back if you wish. It should be fair for good skiers. Note also
that the upper Shoshoni Trail is for advanced skiers. (These last two trails
are not on the map. See the Trail
Description Page for details.
* The LEMHI RIDGE SNOTEL (adjusted) snow depth reading at 01:00 AM on Thursday, January 25, 2007, 6 days ago, was 23.3" with a density of 19.7%. Maximum temperatures have ranged from +23 to +46; being below freezing for the last two days and the day before and above for the remaining 3 days. This has probably increased the crusting on areas exposed to the sun. Many of our trails are in the trees and won’t be affected too much. As of 01:00 AM on Wednesday, January 31, 2007, in 6 days Lemhi Ridge has increased about 1.1” and settled about 0.5” to 23.9”, (Based on daily readings) for a net change of +0.6”. Note that the snow depth is based on daily readings. See next paragraph.
Sometimes when one compares daily readings and there’s been a fair snowfall during the early part of the period, there will be settling of the snow before the next reading. Thus daily readings may understate the actual snowfall. I have the option of using 3 hour readings. However, there is always some fluctuation in the depth gauge readings even when we know there was no snowfall or appreciable melting. Thus sometimes the 3 hours reading actually overstate the snowfall. In other words, fluctuations in the depth gauge are reported as snowfall.
* Calculated Snow Density has ranged from about 19.6% up to 20.1%. The "current" (01:00 AM) value is 19.7%, The same percent as last week. Note that this is the density of the entire snow pack. The density of the top layer that powder skiers ski in will be somewhat lower than this. We’d actually like to see this overall density increase which will indicate that there is a better base for skiing.
* The midnight PST (01:00 AM MST) reading for Snow Water Equivalent was 4.7”, 70% of average, or a decrease of 3% since January 25.
* Weather Prediction: CLICK
HERE for the 7
day forecast for the approximate location of William’s Cr. Summit. CLICK
HERE for the Table Version of the forecast. Note that the table
version sometimes gives a better display of snow accumulation.
CLICK
HERE for an alternate more graphical weather forecast for William’s
Cr. Summit. It looks like we are starting another cold snap. There may be a
trace of snow tomorrow.
CHIEF JOSEPH - ANDERSON MT. ROAD AREA
The groomed Chief Joseph Trails and the un-groomed trails are good to excellent. The powder is getting skied up on some of the un-groomed trails. Refer to my trip reports for details. Note also that the Richardson Ridge and the Cabinet Cr. / Shoofly Trailheads ARE being plowed very well. Go to the Bitterroot X-C Ski Club snow conditions reports at: http://www.bitterrootxcskiclub.net/conditions.htm and also to the Missoula Nordic Ski Club grooming page and scroll down to “Chief Joseph”: http://missoulanordic.org/cgi-bin/snow_grooming/discus.cgi to see any updated information.
Check this site: http://www.fs.fed.us/r1/b-d/news/ for any Beaverhead NF news releases.
* The Saddle Mountain SNOTEL lists snow conditions similar to the top of the Lost Trail Ski Area and similar to Chief Joseph Pass. The snow depth reading at 01:00 AM on Thursday, January 25, 2007, 6 days ago, was 48.2” with an (adjusted) density reading of 25.7%. Maximum temperatures have ranged from +22.6 to +36.7; being below freezing for the last 3 days (and probably today). As of 01:00 AM on Wednesday, January 31, 2007, in 6 days Saddle Mtn. has increased about 0.7” and settled about 2.1” to 46.8”, (Based on daily readings) for a net change of -1.4”. The Snotel accumulation is based on daily readings and the actual accumulation is probably slightly greater. See my comments regarding 3 hour readings in the Lemhi Ridge Section . CLICK HERE for Saddle Mtn 3hr readings.
Lost
Trail reported the following Snow Data:
New 24Hr Bottom Top
| Snotel
Date/Approx-Time Temp Snow
Depth Depth | Depth (01:00 AM)
Thu 11/30/06 12PM 10
06” 13” 18” | 18.5
See Last weeks report for these values
Sat
12/30/06 06AM 19 00”
39” 45” | 42.1
Thu
01/04/07 06AM 19 12”
45” 51” | 48.3
Sat
01/06/07 06AM 22 12”
45” 51” | 48.2
Thu
01/11/07 06AM -04 00”
59” 65” | 54.0
Fri
01/20/07 06AM 15 00”
59” 65” | 47.7
Thu
01/25/07 06AM 18 00”
59” 65” | 48.2
*Mon
01/29/07 07AM 18 00”
59” 65” | 47.0
* Calculated Snow Density has ranged from about 25.9% up to 26.7%. The "current" (01:00 AM) value is 26.7%, 1.0% more than last week. Note that this is the density of the entire snow pack. The density of the top layer that powder skiers ski in will be somewhat lower than this.
* The midnight PST (01:00 AM MST) reading for Snow Water Equivalent was 12.5”, which is 73% of average, 3% lower than it was January 25. Overall the Salmon River Basin was 77.3% of normal, with better snow to the west and south of us. Salmon Basin (and other Idaho) readings can be found HERE. Scroll down to the Salmon Basin and select the Site of interest such as Lemhi Ridge or Saddle Mountain or the Basin Wide Summary. Then look at the Percent Departure from Avg. Column. Subtracting this value from 100 gives the Percent of Normal Value.
* Weather Prediction: CLICK
HERE for
"Lost Trail Pass" NOAA NWS Digital Forecast. CLICK
HERE for the Table Version of the forecast. The table version gives a
little bit clearer picture, but it doesn’t print out very well.
* CLICK
HERE or CLICK
HERE for two alternate weather forecasts for the Lost Trail area.
* Another good forecast is the backcountry weather forecast. Look for the Bitterroot – Lost Trail Pass area. This doesn’t cover as long a period so you need to check it again periodically. Notice that this lists the “Snow Level” (The elevation where rain changes to snow.)
Lost Trail Ski Area. * LOST TRAIL is open. Monday they were closed but they measured 59” at the lodge and 65” on top and will have Chairs #1, 2 & 4 running tomorrow. All lifts should be open on weekends. They plan to have the “Saddle Mtn. Chair # 4 open on Thursdays and Fridays from now on. Here’s their ski report: http://www.losttrail.com/snowreport.asp Lately their readings for snow depth at the top of the mountain have been somewhat higher than the “Saddle Mountain Snotel” site which is not actually on Saddle Mountain but rather just off the Saddle Mountain Road, about a half mile NW of the top of Chairs 1 & 2. The latest daily reading was 48.2”. See the Snotel daily readings taken at Midnight Pacific Time (01:00 AM our time) at: http://www3.wcc.nrcs.usda.gov/nwcc/sntl-data0000.jsp?site=727&days=20&state=MT. This report only lists daily readings, which is often less confusing. But to see the latest current depth or temperature, you’ll need to go to the 3 hour report at: http://www3.wcc.nrcs.usda.gov/nwcc/sntl-datarpt.jsp?site=727&days=14&state=MT.
Links to Lost Trail & Chief
Joseph Ski reports:
If you want the link to Lost Trail and dozens of others GO TO "CLIFF'S
SALMON IDAHO, CROSS COUNTRY SKI PAGE" at: http://home.custertel.net/~ckeene41/cksalxcski.htm
For Chief Joseph reports see my comments in the email above. Check the
following links for any new updates
Missoula Nordic Ski Club: http://missoulanordic.org/cgi-bin/snow_grooming/discus.cgi
Scroll down to "Chief Joseph.":
Bitterroot Cross Country Ski Club: http://www.bitterrootxcskiclub.net/conditions.htm
Scroll down a ways.
CLICK HERE to see if there are any
ski related news releases from the Beaverhead National Forest.
They have been posting quite a few updates lately, check ‘em out.
The following “No Bull Ski Reports”
Forum used to have regular Lost Trail Reports, but the author moved to Vermont, so most likely any reports will be ones that I post. I’ll leave the link here for
awhile.
http://www.firsttracksonline.com/boards/viewforum.php?f=3
and go to the following:
http://www.skimovies.com/jande/ski.html
for links to good ski photos. Jay’s also scanned the latest Lost Trail area
map at: http://jandeproductions.com/2005/LTmap0405.jpg
MISC.:
Skating Party: Sometimes if the snow isn’t too soft it’s possible to
skate ski at Chief Joseph after the ski trails are given the first grooming and
before the actual tracks are set. That’s been called the “Skating Party” and is
described as follows: "The skating party … refers to the fact that in the
morning and usually until about 1pm on Fridays (the USUAL grooming day) you can
skate-ski at Chief Joe. ... They do a very nice job dragging implements around
to flatten and wipe out the old tracks and prepare it for the new tracks. The
best trails to skate on are the wider roads like CD, Timber, and up around
Sentinel meadow and back to the trailhead. ... At about 1:00 PM they start
setting the track classic kick and glide track so one needs to plan to skate
before this”. NOTE: It would probably be better to let the snow depth
increase before doing this.
I'm sometimes asked where a good place to “skate-ski” is. In addition to the above Friday Morning Skating Party at Chief Joseph Pass, some of the groomed snowmobile trails are suitable. Usually the skate skiing is best soon after grooming. Probably the best spot is the Ridge Road. Other possibilities include Carmen Creek, and possibly the lower Warm Springs Wood Road. When recommending these snowmobile routes for skiing, I always add that we need to use courtesy and give the snowmobiles the right of way. I point out that we can’t have it both ways. We DO prefer that the snowmobiles stay off the ski trails, so we should use extra courtesy when we use the snowmobile trails.
The Salmon Ridgerunners Snowmobile Club had a web site at http://www.geocities.com/salmonridgerunners/ but it hasn’t been updated since January 2004. Additional information can be found at: http://salmonchamber.com/recreation-winter.htm and possibly at the Idaho State Snowmobile Association web site
SNOWMOBILE / SKATE SKIING GROOMING REPORTS: (Also includes other snowmobile club info and Mountain Bike Club Info):
Here’s the latest Ski Skating / Snowmobile Grooming Report: I don’t have a current grooming report, but from personal observation on Wednesday 01/10/07 the Ridge Road was fairly smooth for snowmobiles and for classic skiing, but it didn’t appear to me to be smooth enough for good skate skiing.
In addition, periodically check
out the Bitterroot Ridgerunners Snowmobile Club at:
http://www.ridgerunners.org/ - Check
out the Announcements and Club Info link. They have some interesting
information in their December meeting minutes and there’s also a list of 2007
events including some “fun runs”.
The following site normally
has fairly current reports of major avalanches for the US & Canada. http://www.avalanche.org/av-reports/index.html There
are several listed with links to news reports.
The following site had a fairly good list of US Avalanches similar to the above
list, but you might check it out in case it has something not listed above: http://avalanche.state.co.us/Accidents/UnitedStates/
The following link only has a list
with no reports. It does however list world-wide accidents rather than just North America.
http://www.csac.org/Incidents/
If you want to see a list of earlier reports (Up through Dec. 2005) go to
their database at: http://www.avalanche-center.org/Incidents/search.php
Avalanche conditions are rated as: Low, Moderate, Considerable, High, and Extreme. Go to http://www.avalanche.org/~svavctr/danger.php for definitions. You should try and become familiar with the critical slopes for avalanches. This time of year, 30 degrees (58%) slope is the start of concern, and real concern starts at 35 degrees (70%) slope. In some conditions (usually with wet snow) there is concern down to 25 degrees (47%) slope. When I laid out timber sales I used to be able to judge these slopes better. Note however that of our marked ski trails only the Upper Shoshoni Trail exceeds 47% (for one short pitch). Note that there are some undesignated trails that we ski that do exceed these slopes.
Go to my General Cross Country Ski Page to the Avalanche Section for these several web sites, including the following:
Go to the following link for
the latest Sawtooth NF Avalanche Center:
http://www.avalanche.org/~svavctr/adv_current.php.
Always check the date on these reports. Currently this report is updated only
periodically, with the latest report to date being Monday, November 27. Later
they will probably be updated daily.
There is an alternate link to the same site at: http://www.sawtoothavalanche.com/adv_current.php
* Go to the following link for the latest West Central Montana Avalanch e Center prediction:
http://www.fs.fed.us/r1/lolo/avalanche/advisory.htm.
Regular reports will be each Friday. There may be special reports from
time to time. The most recent is one for January 26, 2007.
Here’s a link, not yet in my main ski page. CLICK
HERE for a description of an Avalanche Danger Rose that’s used by
the Utah Avalanche Center for some of their forecasts. I haven’t seen it used
on our local sites, but it may be in the future. Here’s an actual forecast
using the “Rose”.
OTHER WEB LINKS:
In evaluating ski conditions I've found the following SNOTEL link
helpful: http://www.wcc.nrcs.usda.gov/cgibin/sdr.pl?state=MT
Select Saddle Mt. or Lemhi Ridge for snow conditions near Lost Trail; or
near Lemhi Pass, which is usually comparable to William's Creek Summit. If you
want TO SEE THIS LINK and dozens of others GO TO "CLIFF'S SALMON IDAHO,
CROSS COUNTRY SKI PAGE" at: http://home.custertel.net/~ckeene41/cksalxcski.htm
The Current “Ski Report” (This page) is: http://home.custertel.net/~ckeene41/xcskirpt.htm
My Introduction to X-C Skiing is at: http://home.custertel.net/~ckeene41/IntroToXc101.htm
Most all the links are now up to date. Let me know of any good links to add or
correct.
In addition to those pages I have
links to several related to the Williams Creek Cross-Country Ski Trails Area
as follows:
a. General description - http://www.salmonbyway.com/salmon/ski.htm
b. Cliff's Williams Cr. Ski Trails Sites:
Trail
Descriptions Trailhead
Locations Trail Map Trail Segment table
This last table gives the mileage for each segment of a trail and indicates
where there’s a trail junction. The total miles from the trailhead is listed
for each segment, with the last "Miles From TH" being the total miles
one would ski to get to the end of the trail, which is often at another
trailhead. I've still got some work on these, so let me know of additions,
corrections or changes needed. You may copy this; just give credit if you
publish it.
I’m working on pages similar
to the above for the Lost Trail – Chief Joseph Un-Groomed Cross Country Ski
Trails:
c. I currently have a Lost Trail Chief
Joseph Trail Segment Table in draft format.
I also have four pages for PREVIOUS
TRIP REPORTS:
a. Current Season
2006_2007. Now edited through February 02, 2007.
b. 2005_2006 Season,
c. 2004_2005 Season,
and d. 2003_2004
(Partial) Season.
Links not yet in "CLIFF'S SALMON
IDAHO, CROSS-COUNTRY SKI PAGE:
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
Some folks may want to do some
skiing in Stanley Basin or the Sawtooth Valley:
The following site has links to the summer recreation report (last updated in
September) and to some general info re winter recreation:
http://www.fs.fed.us/r4/sawtooth/recreation.htm.
The Outdoors Sections
of the Missoulian and the Ravalli Republic on-line
newspapers often have articles of interest.
CLICK HERE for the Outdoors
Section of the Missoulian On-Line. Check out the latest Outdoors News Briefs. Although
I don’t see too much of interest except the Chief Joseph Snow Report. I was
especially interested in a previous ARTICLE
ABOUT THE SUGAR LOAF CABINS AT THE MT. HAGGIN XC SKI AREA.
CLICK HERE for
the Outdoors Section of the Ravalli Republic. Currently I see at least two
articles of interest. One is about Chief
Joseph Pass and the other is about the Lost
Trail Ski Area and some recent changes.
Last years articles are no longer listed but the
following links to some interesting articles still work: An article relating
to the Lost
Trail Ski Patrol, another that relates to Nordic
Skiing including areas to skate ski, and another on snowboarding at
Lost Trail Ski Area called Battle
On The Border.
CLICK HERE for the Outdoors Section of the Butte Montana Standard Newspaper.
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
Here’s another club with similar interests in trail development. The Lost Trail Coalition was formed in January 2005 to benefit all bicyclists in the region.
Pray for snow,
Cliff Keene, Salmon, Idaho
Initial Word Count 4,104
Revised Count: 4,449 after minor edit.
Previous Full Update: 01/25/2007 22:00 PM
Latest Update:
01/31/2007 23:15 PM
Minor Edit (see **): 02/06/07 11:35 AM.
