What day was this???
February Snow Conditions
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When on Monday afternoon, We were blackwater at 5:00 BC time and there was at least 1' and as you got further towards Wineburger it was deeper as well as when you headed towards the saddle it was deeper as well.
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Lets see the pics!!! 4ft of fresh i have a hard time believing.
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We did not see this ourselves, there was a few groups at the cabin they claimed it was waste deep and awesome powder over the saddle. I only seen about 2 1/2 feet myself last weekend. And it was awesome. Im jealous for the people that get to play in that snow this week.
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was the snow epic ??
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was a nice day on friday....blue sky, trail was in great shape, and found a little fresh here and there.
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Hahahahaha, thats awesome!!!!!
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Only EPIC if we were there in the morning when it was sunny with the fresh dump. Im sure now the snow has consolidated and compressed.
Barry, you need to ask Ron P to post some pics of his ride on Tuesday. Was he going into Spirit Lake?
Barry, you need to ask Ron P to post some pics of his ride on Tuesday. Was he going into Spirit Lake?
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Lets see those pics Barry!
snowing so hard this morning that they went to Belle. Renshaw tomorrow, pulled a load of logs off Belle this morning and snowing hard up top.
Sharon is on her way home. hope she posts tomorrow of their 2 days on Renshaw.
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just poking the bear a little... dont want to poke too hard 
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Family day weekend at renshaw pics of rknight111 and quagmire and a few others
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Ron near cabin at Renshaw, Saturday
Steve near cabin at Renshaw, Saturday
Steve in meadow near Blackwater, Sat
Ron in meadow...
Ron in Blackwater - Monday
Ron in Blackwater - Monday
pics of rknight111 and quagmire and a few others
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Ron near cabin at Renshaw, Saturday
Steve near cabin at Renshaw, Saturday
Steve in meadow near Blackwater, Sat
Ron in meadow...
Ron in Blackwater - Monday
Ron in Blackwater - Monday
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More pics, Ron at blackwater playing in the powder on Monday afternoon after we fixed the suspension.
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Was first and hopefully last time to deal with somthing like this.
the young rider was 18, and he had a real crappy day, his 2011 M8 was bogging hard, not running right, So he called Spin Drift, trouble shooted over the phone, and we diconnected the throttle block sensor. It was like a new machine. He ended up rolling it in the bowl at Bell. hurt his ribs when he did that.
Our group was 11 riders including 3 18yr olds. we were getting ready to head back down to the Scarecrow, (where we were staying), two of the young lads and one of the older fella's ran ahead back to the cabin. When I came over the top of Little Bell, one of the boys way pushing off on one of the toboggan's found in the cabin. he picked up way way way, way too much speed, due to the tracked out hard pack snow, so there was no drag to slow him down.
He smoked one of the trees in the little cluster of trees between the cabin and the out house. Laying in pain, and was saying his foot was snagged. I looked at his feet and said to him, Nope not snagged. I unzipped his left snow pant leg and his leg was baddly deformed. no blood, no bones, we told him no to move, I was reading my First aid book to see what to do, the other older fella radioed the rest of the group, (still on back side of Little Bell), informed them that we had a situation. Once we detremed it was his Femur, 2 of us rode back down to the Scarecrow to phone for help. (cell reception sucked at the cabin). I phoned 9-1-1 and told dispatch what had happened, they said it was already called in, so someone got reception somewheres on the hill. They re-verified all the details and location with me.
Once got off the phone, we rode back up, The guys uptop had him out of that little tree well, legs tied together, he was laying on a longer toboggan, We lite a fire near him to keep him warm. laid coats and a heat blanket on him, used all our hot packs on him, even tucked the muff pot against his side. and then we waited.
Never felt so helpless in my life,
When the rescues showed up, we assisted in every way we could, got him on a spine board, in thier rescue sleigh, and took him down.
The 2 fella's and the paramedic did a great job up there,
thanks guys.He was lucky the break didn't bleed, rip arteries or any really life theatening veins. the trail was smooth, next to zero bumps.
But like I said earlier, never want to go through this again.
Last I heard he's doing good, should get home from PG today sometime.
Thanks to all who helped.
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Thanks for that info RXN! Hope he heals well. On another note talked to Hotrod this morning and he moved the groomer back up to Renshaw at 2a.m. and the parking lot had a foot of new snow and still snowing out that way when he left. About 6" in the town. Lucielle and Belle groomed last Monday evening. New snow on all hills! Anyways off to Mexico for a week, have fun everyone. Higgins.
Showtime
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Was first and hopefully last time to deal with somthing like this.
the young rider was 18, and he had a real crappy day, his 2011 M8 was bogging hard, not running right, So he called Spin Drift, trouble shooted over the phone, and we diconnected the throttle block sensor. It was like a new machine. He ended up rolling it in the bowl at Bell. hurt his ribs when he did that.
Our group was 11 riders including 3 18yr olds. we were getting ready to head back down to the Scarecrow, (where we were staying), two of the young lads and one of the older fella's ran ahead back to the cabin. When I came over the top of Little Bell, one of the boys way pushing off on one of the toboggan's found in the cabin. he picked up way way way, way too much speed, due to the tracked out hard pack snow, so there was no drag to slow him down.
He smoked one of the trees in the little cluster of trees between the cabin and the out house. Laying in pain, and was saying his foot was snagged. I looked at his feet and said to him, Nope not snagged. I unzipped his left snow pant leg and his leg was baddly deformed. no blood, no bones, we told him no to move, I was reading my First aid book to see what to do, the other older fella radioed the rest of the group, (still on back side of Little Bell), informed them that we had a situation. Once we detremed it was his Femur, 2 of us rode back down to the Scarecrow to phone for help. (cell reception sucked at the cabin). I phoned 9-1-1 and told dispatch what had happened, they said it was already called in, so someone got reception somewheres on the hill. They re-verified all the details and location with me.
Once got off the phone, we rode back up, The guys uptop had him out of that little tree well, legs tied together, he was laying on a longer toboggan, We lite a fire near him to keep him warm. laid coats and a heat blanket on him, used all our hot packs on him, even tucked the muff pot against his side. and then we waited.
Never felt so helpless in my life,
When the rescues showed up, we assisted in every way we could, got him on a spine board, in thier rescue sleigh, and took him down.
The 2 fella's and the paramedic did a great job up there,
He was lucky the break didn't bleed, rip arteries or any really life theatening veins. the trail was smooth, next to zero bumps.
But like I said earlier, never want to go through this again.
Last I heard he's doing good, should get home from PG today sometime.
Thanks to all who helped.
Wow thats crazy....here's to a speedy recovery on the young fella. I can relate, had a similar situation a couple years ago in Blue River except his was below the knee with his foot pointing the wrong way. Sounds like you guys did an awesome job, here's a big pat on the back.
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Rode with the guy who broke his femur over christmas. Heard he's gonna be ok, I've never met a guy with that much bad luck. Hopefully everyone can learn from this not to take a crazy carpet down a mountain.
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