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Location: County 62 rd. to Huddleston snow park & Summit Prairie; jct 62 & 16S rd.
Road & Trail Conditions: Hwy. 26 dry pavement. Co. 62 dry, until forest boundary plowed, packed snow & ice, light gravel on curves.
started at beginning of 16 S rd, south to 1660, east then north up to summit rock; 1665 rd north and back around to south, cross Co. 62 rd to huddleston sno park, south along 185 to 135 & return to start.
Snow Conditions: deep & snowmobile track choppy at beginning & end; in between: groomed trail (weds.) with 4-6" since & snomobile tracks along uphill 1660 & 1665- almost as good as groomed.
Skis on & temperature: 9:15am 14° (JD 24°) occasional 10-15mph windchill drops to 0 quickly especially along the ridge. keep skiing
Skis off & temperature: 3:15pm 19° (PC 21°; JD 27°)
Distance: 12 miles; 1600' elevation climb
Rating (1-10; 10 awesome): 9.9, only following the sno cat groomer could have been better
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| on the 1660 rd toward summit rock looking west summit prairie in foreground logan valley in background |
Comments: was heading toward this on last trip, didn't pan out. today it did. lovely. a great loop if you have the time & leg condition for the elevation, i stopped frequently to catch my breath. the view is worth it. at one point, summit prairie in foreground, crane prairie to left, logan valley in middle distance west, bear valley further. couldn't get one picture to capture it ( found windchill 0 to be the limit of camera battery)
now that i can do this elevation climb, looking for an opportunity to do dixie butte & strawberry lake (not on the same day)
maybe a dozen snowmobiles out on holiday weekend. mainly around huddleston & toward logan valley. none up the 1660 rds.
all the snow from last 2 weeks is slowly compressing. a few more inches in the forecast. a few more trail groomings this week could produce some fantastic trails. enjoy~
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| looking from start point; jct 62 & 16 S rds. |
