Thursday, January 26, 2012 Report - The 8th full report for the 2011 / 2012 year.
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Thursday, January 26, 2012, 17:50 PM
Cross Country Skiers:
You can see this current (8th) web version of this report
at: http://home.custertel.net/~ckeene41/xcskirpt.htm
The 1st through 7th reports for the 2011/2012 year are saved at http://home.custertel.net/~ckeene41/xcskirpt1201.htm
through http://home.custertel.net/~ckeene41/xcskirpt1207.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
Note the links to information on all the
William's Cr. and Chief Joseph Ski Trails and Trailheads. Also note that I
corrected numerous links on that page.
Planned Trips:
1. Tomorrow, Friday 01/27/2012. Gene and I are planning to
ski one of the William's Cr. Trails. Probably the William's Cr. Trail
itself, or maybe the Shoshoni Meadows telemark run if there's more snow than I
expect. Give me a call at 756-2085 or 303-1041 if interested. Bring wide skis.
We could probably meet you at the Shoup Bridge CG at 10:30, but please call in
case we change our mind.
2. Sunday 01/29/2012: Meet at the FS/BLM Parking lot at
10:00 AM or the Shoup Bridge CG at 10:15 for a ski trip to the William’s Cr.
ski trails. I'm tentatively planning to ski the William's Creek
Trail; accessing it either from the
3. I'm tentatively planning a
ski trip on Saturday, March 4 - more info next week.
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 up to Chief
Joseph and the Richardson Cr. Trail.
1.
William's Creek Trail System:
I'm
not sure what ski conditions are like. I'll post some info tomorrow night on
the above ski trips report site and on the on-line version of this report. The
Lemhi Ridge Snotel shows total increases of 31" since January 14. However
I KNOW that is way more than actual snowfall. Many of those increases are
probably due to fluctuation in the depth sensor. However the net change is
+7" so I'm sure that we've received more than that amount in actual
snowfall. The total snow moisture went
from about 64% of normal up to 77% of
the 30 year average during that time. The
snow depth at 4 PM was 25". Not as bad as it has been. Thus the Meadow Trail may be up to
20" by now.
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: As of this afternoon there was probably at least 7" of new
snow since last weekend and another inch is predicted tonight. However no more
is predicted for the rest of the weekend so the groomers should have the trails
in good shape for 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 tomorrow. Also check the
Como Trails and
2b.
Chief Joseph Area "Ungroomed Trails". See the snow reports
above. Most trails will require heavy trail breaking. Speed will be slower on
the Richardson Cr. Trail and similar trails. As stated previously the
Richardson Cr. Trail now has adequate snow to cover the downed logs. 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 High to Considerable (on steep slopes over 35 degrees) but
caution is still advised. 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:
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,
Initial Word Count 4,542 See email
section for partial update Date & Time.
Revised Count: 4,484 after minor edit on 03/24/07 added Email
only.
Previous Full Update: 02/15/2007 14:20 PM
Latest Full Update:
02/22/2007 21:25 PM
Minor Edit (see **): N/A
