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Location: Hwy 395 south to Co. 63 west 12+ miles
Road & Trail Conditions: 395 plowed with icy patches, Co 63 plowed & packed; FR 4920 from starr ridge campground has several ski tracks & sno looks good
Snow Conditions: 12" powder starting to form base, continued sno thruout day,
Skis on & temperature: 9:30am 29°
Skis off & temperature: 12:30pm 29°
Distance: 6 miles
Rating (1-10; 10 awesome): 10+
Comments: allen taylor & i ventured out to the first run on his favorite trail in bear valley.
alternating blue skies:
and moderate sno. there is one hill in the first mile, 100 yds, a little steep, with todays deeper sno required some herring bone technique.
not too long, good conditioning, the remainder of trail basically flat to slight downhill:
we finished the loop going from fr31 to 63 & back to 014 as last section is not well marked & requires stream crossings. will map this out in detail later.
there is also a side road, 650 at the highest point that leads out to a lovely lookout east toward south fork john day. passed on this today, too cloudy.
can access this trail from Co. 63 & fr 014 jct (easier to see fr 594 up to flagtail mtn. on other side of road) or down fr 31. easier to climb the elevation from 014.
there are some lovely aspen & pine stands along the creeks on the east side:
