Why Ski Grant County? 3/17/16

strawberry mtn. dawn

Groomed Trails - Logan Valley 3/15/16

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from glen johnston:

> Todays Grooming in Pink :-)

Sheep Mtn. FR 1665 - Huddleston 3/13/16

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Location: Co. 62 rd to Huddleston snopark

Road & Trail Conditions: 62 clear to forest then 1-2" powder in am, slush in pm.
snopark FR 296 to 1665 to 548 to Sheep Mtn.

Snow Conditions: continual lt. to mod. snow throughout day - +1-2"
 3-4' packed base with 1-4" new powder, moist lower, dry powder higher.
FR 296 & 1665 groomed last week, snomobile tracks a few days ago, with 2-4" new powder on top. pretty darn good

Skis on & temperature: 9:30am - silly time change - 32°  lt. snow (JD 37° rain)

Skis off & temperature: 3pm 37° lt. snow/sleet (JD 48° rain)

Distance: 15 miles; 2400' elevation climb

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Rating (1-10; 10 awesome): 10

Comments: lovely march skiing. up until last 30 mins. felt like a return to winter conditions.  20- 40mph wind kept temp cold above trees & along ridgeline. great powder at higher elev. a little moist at huddleston.





climb was pretty easy with powder, as was descent.



FR 548 no groom, no tracks, pristine & perfect powder on solid base.  took off trail along ridge east near kooney spring to explore a shortcut down to 433/435. decided to backtrack.



finding a windbreak for lunch :

Groomed Trails - Summit Prairie 3/10/16

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from glen johnston:

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> March 10 grooming is the pink line, March 11 is the orange line.  Pretty wet the last few days but trails are grooming well. Blue line is Monday the 7th (refer to that report for the entire path), it is still in good shape as well.

Sometimes it is not about skiing....

driving up county 62, sunrise over fresh snow on dixie in the background, seeing a mated pair of bald eagles perched on bare branches overlooking valley pasture, new calves prancing about...

sometimes it is not about skiing.

i love this place

Spring Ski ! Huddleston to Skyline Trail 3/7/16

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Location: Co. 62 rd to Huddleston snopark

Road & Trail Conditions: Co. 62 1-2" new snow in am, melted by pm.

159 to 101 to 125 to 1649 Jct. then off trail up ridgeline to ? Skyline Trail.

followed grooming today by Glen Johnston (thank you!) to 101/171 jct. then 1-2" new snow over pack/compressed icy base.  break trail past 1649 jct., actually easier than on road, except for windblown icy patches.



Snow Conditions: almost perfect. a few sticky patches with sun exposure & warming into aftn.

Skis on & temperature: 9:30am 28° (JD 35° )

Skis off & temperature: 3pm 36° (JD 48° )

Distance: 13 miles, 2200' elev.  here's the elevation profile:

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Rating (1-10; 10 awesome): 9 (only for a few sticky snow stretches)

Comments: First true spring skiing. a few weeks of warming temps & rain.  snobase compacts.  a 1-2' snow overnite made for a great day. forecast has 1-3" more in next 2 days (then rain on thurs.)

off trail along ridgeline

good conditioning run with elevation.  great to get off trail & explore up ridge toward skyline trail. another way to go toward slide mtn./lake & strawberry. higher elevation gives fab views:

south toward logan valley

ne toward dixie butte

nw toward slide mtn & strawberry

the 125 & 159 downhill coming back have some steep sections.



on other occasions i have continued west on 1649 (also steep downhill) to 702 (rarely groomed or traveled - could be a lot of breaking trail) coming back to 101 & start. comes closer to 20 miles.

125 & 1649 jct

you can also begin where the 101 connects with co. 62 & skip the 159.  couldn't resist the just groomed out of huddleston snopark.

Groomed Trails - Huddleston to Logan Valley 3/7/16

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from glen johnston:

> Groomed the blue line today.  Trails are great!
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Groomed Trails - Simmit Prairie 3/4/16

from glen johnston:

> Cat #1 today's grooming pink route,

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Groomed Trails - Logan Valley 2/25 & 2/29/16

Cat #2 was out doing roads # 1530, 303, 335, 1643, 924, 238, 1648, 1640. that was on 2/29/16. it was also out on 2/25/16 doing roads # 15, 546, 1560, 166, 1530, 373.  Ron