Thinking of making a trip out there this weekend. Trying to decide between Coal creek and Elkford. I have never ridden Elkford and wonder how the conditions and trails are. Planning to do off trail riding should the conditions allow. Any input would be appreciated.
Thanks
Once you are on the BC side, you are in serious avy country. Snow loading, wind loading, and pitch of the slopes makes it avalanche terrain that you must pay attention to. More then that, you must be with someone who knows their way across the divide as storms move in quick, and when they do...
My group of 5 riders went over the pass into fording on Sunday. As you can see in the pictures, the trail from etherington is completely gone. We were not going to unload and just head home but thought to give it a try. To say the trail to the pass was poor would be a understatement. We ride the...
The exposed rock is never covered up. The wind on Saturday will surely strip it rock again. Natural hazards of that area. I've been over 20 or 30 times and have only seen it covered up once. Keep an eye on the pass when your over there, as weather comes in quick if you don't know your way over...
I think he gave it a pretty good look, but I am not totally sure. Its possible it fell down and just got buried. Let's hope that's what happened and not a case of equipment looting. He found one glove on the way back to match the one that you left behind, but the thing that pissed him off the...
Hey Summit X.
One of the riders in our group accidentally left his tunnel bag open and lost everything in his bag. We found most of his stuff back at the trail head, but someone must have helped themselves to the snowbungie as it was not there.
Thanks for returning everything you found. I was...
I personally feel this is one of those situations where the less attention we draw to it, the better. Yeah, it is tough getting to the area sometimes, yeah the creek crossings suck, yes, rocks are not easy on the ski's, but that is what keeps it quite back there. If the trail went right over the...