Friday Afternoon 02/09/07 Report – The 10th 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. New items are preceded with an *.
You might want to click on last weeks report to see my updates that I did during the week. They may or may not be pertinent depending on how much new snow we get.
The
Original Report Starts Here – The information above has been added since the
Email
This report starts
with the email I sent Thursday, February 08, 2007 10:40:00 AM
Thursday, February 08, 2007 10:40:00 AM
Cross Country Skiers,
This is just a short notice. Go to http://home.custertel.net/~ckeene41/xcskirpt.htm
to see the actual ski report. The online report has some updates for this week
and will be finalized by tonight. Another Note: when skiing to groomed Chief
Joseph trails, be sure and put money in the donation box and consider joining.
I’ve been a $15 member for the last couple of years.
Based on questionable snow for the steeper slopes, I’ve decided to have an easy
ski or easy alternative for this weekend.
1. Meet at the FS/BLM Office south of town at 10:00 AM this Sunday 02/11/06
for a trip to the William’s Cr. Ski Trails. Those living south of town
meet at the BLM Soup Bridge CG. The warm temperatures have temporarily ruined
the backcountry skiing, but with the new snow this morning the previously skied
more gentle trails should be excellent, thus I’m planning an easy ski, or if
the snow improves, at least an easy alternative. Probably some loops on the
Meadow Trail and maybe I can show you another new proposed trail (the Upper
Aspen Loop Extension).
2. I’ll ski Tues Feb. 13; call me at 756-2085.
3. 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.
4. Mark your calendar for the Lost Trail Ski Patrol Steak Fry on Saturday,
02/24/07. This is now posted at: http://www.losttrail.com/events.htm
Our trip for that weekend is still uncertain. We’ll do Saddle Mtn sometime in
March.
I see part of my “job” as being informed as to your skiing desires and needs and to relay this information to the Forest Service. Thus I have updated a document where I list some of the needs for the William’s Cr. Trails. Please review the following and send me needed changes and additions: http://home.custertel.net/~ckeene41/SNSA_SCFdiscussiontopics.htm I’ll prepare a similar but less extensive document for the un-groomed trails in the Chief Joseph Pass Area.
I try and stay informed on sources
of local ski related information. I’ll post the following links on one of my
pages soon.
1. We now have a local Salmon, Idaho Webcam at the Syringa Lodge. This
is almost exactly what I see out my window: http://216.222.14.252/popup.html
Click it again when the sun’s out – you’ll be impressed.
2. Many of you know Stu Hoyt. He’s done well in telemark races: http://www.trailheadmontana.net/teleraces07/fast020107.html
3. The Idaho Falls Ski Club has links to local XC Ski Area Maps. They have very
good maps and information for Chief Joseph and for Mt. Haggin at: http://www.ifskiclub.com/WeatherAreasMapsInfo/EastIdahoMapsGuides/tabid/53/Default.aspx
4. Some ski related forums have semi local information. The following SW
Montana Telemark Tips Forum topic sometimes has information related to Lost
Trail and Chief Joseph. Click on the last page number listed for current
information:
http://telemarktalk.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=27585&sid=e04fe49cba16b878d745ce2be6ebf780
Note that there’s a Feb 4 report that there was good powder in the trees on
Chair 4 (The “Expansion Area”).
5. Here’s a real neat BC and Montana Trip Report: http://telemarktalk.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=31765&sid=d5864cfe1b100e4352f9a1be6be260c9
Updated William’s Cr. snow conditions will be posted on the web later today or by 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. Also go to the online version of this report to click on the Weather links.
/s/ Cliff
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TABLE
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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 # 9 was Jan. 31. 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, … 0709, 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. Meet at the FS/BLM Office south of town at 10:00 AM this Sunday 02/11/06
for a trip to the William’s Cr. Ski Trails. Those living south of town
meet at the BLM Soup Bridge CG. The warm temperatures have temporarily ruined
the backcountry skiing, but with the new snow this morning the previously skied
more gentle trails should be excellent, thus I’m planning an easy ski, or if
the snow improves, at least an easy alternative. Probably some loops on the
Meadow Trail and maybe I can show you another new proposed trail (the Upper
Aspen Loop Extension).
*2. I’ll ski Tues Feb. 13; call me at 756-2085.
*3. 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.
4. Mark your calendar for the Lost Trail Ski Patrol Steak Fry on Saturday, 02/24/07. This is now posted at: http://www.losttrail.com/events.htm Our trip for that weekend is still uncertain. We’ll do Saddle Mtn sometime in March.
* 5. 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 Monday, February 5, 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”. Since this is only an inch more than the
Meadow TH, we can use the Lemhi Ridge Snotel as a fairly good gauge of our XC
ski trails snow depth.
*Previously all the William’s Cr. Trails were GOOD TO EXCELLENT with some exceptions. Then we had a warm spell and the steeper slopes were very poor with a crust. Previously skied trails on more gentle terrain were still good. Temperatures were above freezing today (Friday, Feb. 9) and for the previous 6 days. Minimum temperatures have been below freezing for all but one day. I think we received a couple of inches this morning and a couple more are predicted tonight, but temperatures are still predicted to be warm tomorrow. I still think that conditions on the more gentle trails will be good to excellent. However, the new snow may not be enough to improve conditions on the steeper slopes. More snow is predicted on Sunday followed by cooler temperatures. This may break the cycle. Previously, I listed the following exceptions to good skiing. They probably still apply. 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. Most portions of the William’s Cr. Trail are exposed to the sun and will have a crust until we get more snow. The Meadow Trail # 222 fork that goes down to Cougar Point will probably be crusty and 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 has many areas exposed to the sun and 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. The Mukluk Trail now has enough snow and was in fact excellent on Saturday, Feb. 3, but the warm temperatures have probably resulted in VERY POOR conditions until we get more snow. The same applies to the upper Shoshoni Trail, a telemark run 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 Wednesday, January 31, 2007, 8 days ago, was 23.9" with a density of 19.7%. Maximum temperatures have ranged from +11 to +49; being above freezing today and for the last six days. I think this has essentially ruined the steeper backcountry skiing, except that today’s snow may have improved things. The gentler trails in the trees and won’t be affected as much. As of 01:00 AM on Friday, February 09, 2007, in 8 days Lemhi Ridge has increased about 2.0” and settled about 3.7” to 22.2”, (Based on daily readings) for a net change of -1.7”. Note that the snow depth is based on daily readings. See next paragraph. However as of Noon Friday, February 9 the depth has increased a couple of inches to about 24.5”.
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 19.3% up to 23.0%. The "current" (01:00 AM) value is 23.0%. 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 5.1”, 72% of average, or an increase of 2% since January 31.
* 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 will get some snow tonight and Sunday night and
that temperatures will finally be below freezing after Sunday.
CHIEF JOSEPH - ANDERSON MT. ROAD AREA
The groomed Chief Joseph Trails and the un-groomed trails are usually good to excellent, however the warm temperatures have also caused some problems. They did not groom the trails today as usual due to the warm temperatures. 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 Wednesday, January 31, 2007, 8 days ago, was 46.8” with a density reading of 26.7%. Maximum temperatures have ranged from +13.2 to +48.3; being above freezing for the last 6 days (and probably today). As of 01:00 AM on Friday, February 09, 2007, in 8 days Saddle Mtn. has increased about 4.1” and settled about 2.6” to 48.3”, (Based on daily readings) for a net change of +1.5”. 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. Much of this increase was yesterday. There was another increase today, with another inch resulting in a 49.3” depth by noon. (Pray for more)
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 missing values
Mon
01/29/07 07AM 18 00”
59” 65” | 47.0
*Thu
02/01/07 0?AM ?? 04”
59” 65” | 46.7
*Fri
02/02/07 06AM 02 03”
59” 65” | 46.0
*Thu
02/08/07 06AM 28 00”
59” 65” | 45.8 – Snowed during the day.
*Fri
02/09/07 06AM 28 04”
59” 65” | 48.3
* Calculated Snow Density has ranged from about 26.5% up to 27.9%. The "current" (01:00 AM) value is 27.1%, 0.4% 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 13.1”, which is 72% of average, 1% lower than it was January 31. Overall the Salmon River Basin was 73.1% 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. It looks
like we may get a couple inches more tonight and an inch or so on Sunday.
* 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. Today they measured 59” at the lodge and 65” on top and will have Chairs #2 & 4 running, with all lifts open on weekends. They are now running the “Saddle Mtn. Chair # 4 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 48.3”. 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.
* CJ & LT MAPS: The Idaho
Falls Ski Club has links to local XC Ski Area Maps. Click
Here for links to very good maps and information for Chief Joseph
and for Mt. Haggin.
Here’s Jay Silveira’s
scanned image of the latest Lost Trail area map
* Some ski related forums
have semi local information. The following SW
Montana Telemark Tips Forum topic sometimes has information related to
Lost Trail and Chief Joseph. Click on the last page number listed for
current information:
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 still enjoy reading some of the posts so I’ll leave the
link here for awhile. http://www.firsttracksonline.com/boards/viewforum.php?f=3
The previous author of the Lost Trail Reports has a nice web site and I still
enjoy viewing his reports and photos at: http://www.skimovies.com/jande/ski.html
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 Sunday 02/04/07 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 Avalanche 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 February 09, 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
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Previous Full Update: 01/31/2007 23:15 PM
Latest Update:
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