Parking lot is gravel. Trail from the booth is fully snow covered. Coal creek detour over that hump/ hill is 300 feet of complete boulders and rocks Everywhere else on the way up was great Haven’t been to Morrissey in a month but even if it’s whooped up from staging it may be a...
Went for a full day today Best snow was just west of the notch Rolling hills is hard packed with a bit of fresh 630 pm return to coal creek was pounded whooped and sloppy. 90 km day makes that last whooped 15 km feel like hell Lol
Came back around 3 and it was rocks and dirt For ever !!
I was very surprised cause at 8 am it was “bad” but no way would I have thought it would be all gone 6 hours later
Good day up top , just need a helicopter to drop you off
Yip
Small world
Thanks for the tip, rode the pipeline north and found some nice spots. Both of our names are Rick , but he’s the one with the moose size head. Had to get 5xl helmet lol When we get stuck I just tie a rope to the sled and around his neck and throw a piece of jerky 10 feet...
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Coming up to the trail head booth we had a train wreck lol We were just crawling along and didn’t have enough speed coming up the little hill on the ice and slid backwards into each other ....bodies flying everywhere...What a way to start the day lol
We enjoyed the our first day in...
Newbie to fernie here
I read many posts from fernie and the logging closures just made me aim/point other directions. For someone not familiar with fernie it was confusing
Seeing it is the end of Jan , and there is a tad of snow this week in the forecast ..where is the best place to stage...
Thank you for the update
We have never been here and maybe this will be the next trip ...so I have a couple questions
Is there a map of the area staging at atlas? Assuming I find it :)
If there are avalanche risks , where are they located.. possible that a map might mark/show them...
Yes the parking lot at Cateract was interesting
Road going in was plowed and sanded. It didnt seem like the lot would be a challenge but 50 feet into the lot was like quick sand We had new dodge Diesel 4x4 with studded tires and it was instantly humbling
On Boxing Day most guys lined...
I am aware that Cateract in Alberta is trail only zone. I’ve been there a few times this year and I’m brainstorming on an area there that is a little more open opposed to socket in treed in trails
I have a buddy coming down from Edmonton and we are hoping to spend time practicing and...
Ya, that was us. We got to staging at 8 ish
I’m not sure why the trail at staging has a gate on it , so we buck through the campground and pick up the trail from there
The M6 had a couple bogging issues again today , got me in some trouble when it happened at the worse time. The belt is...
Etherington Staging area is skimpy and my guess is Cateract will be worse
The Trail riding in before you start to climb has rocks kicked up. It was snowing a bit up top and having older sleds we just buck through what ever
There was 4 or 5 trucks in staging but I didn’t see anyone out...
I don’t know anything about your small groomer capabilities but Skyline was drifted in on both sides of the summit today
For me those 10 or 15 drifts near the top were evil... All of “4-5 “ feet mounds
Final conclusion I’m old !!
I know you guys have seen a million things over the...
It’s just a “ off idle “ light throttle bog once in a while But always at the wrong time like loading on a trailer lol
Something that might help others diagnose
Today parking the sled in the yard the throttle almost feels like it goes dead but I noticed some engagement on the belt ...
Maybe this Instagram link will work for a video
Just a quarter mile before this spot was the most snow
Maybe for people that know Cateract can tell me where this spot is. In the trees like mentioned is just Beautiful.
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I really don’t think so from that side It’s skimpy here and there down low when the trees cover the trail but it was leaps and bounds better then Cateract staging
Up top of etherington trail right in the thick trees before you get to the top , it was all of 2 feet.. I found out cause my...