2018 / 2019 Valemount Conditions and Updates

maxwell said:

Doug,

good point. Unfortunately that closure your speaking of starts at the cabin area and follows the ridge along the beaten path for 20+km. Far to difficult to properly sign in my opinion. There are extremely detailed KML/GPX files of the allan creek/clemina creek/chappel creek boundaries that one can load into their handheld and even google earth in their phones. I bet the Polaris with the onboard GPS could even load the file. I think thats the direction everyone needs to go as its far more effective with the way technology is progressing aswell as save a pile of money on signage.

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Caper11 said:

Actually we had found out that the PIDD gauge on the polaris does show the closures, at least it sure does look like it anyway.
I was trying to figure out where the closure line was at the bottom right of hillclimb. My buddy brought the map up on his PIDD GPS and where we parked our sleds looked like it was the edge of the closure. It showed it like a “park boundary”. With the tracking of his gauge it showed we did not once travel into the shaded areas of the GPS map. Im familar with alot of the closure areas in allen and the shaded parts of the map sure did look like the closures.


Skidoo needs to step up to this century and offer a gauge like polaris.

I didnt not know there is downloadable files for the closures. Where can I find them????

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Caper11 said:

Actually we had found out that the PIDD gauge on the polaris does show the closures, at least it sure does look like it anyway.
I was trying to figure out where the closure line was at the bottom right of hillclimb. My buddy brought the map up on his PIDD GPS and where we parked our sleds looked like it was the edge of the closure. It showed it like a “park boundary”. With the tracking of his gauge it showed we did not once travel into the shaded areas of the GPS map. Im familar with alot of the closure areas in allen and the shaded parts of the map sure did look like the closures.


Skidoo needs to step up to this century and offer a gauge like polaris.

I didnt not know there is downloadable files for the closures. Where can I find them????

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maxwell said:

Doug,

good point. Unfortunately that closure your speaking of starts at the cabin area and follows the ridge along the beaten path for 20+km. Far to difficult to properly sign in my opinion. There are extremely detailed KML/GPX files of the allan creek/clemina creek/chappel creek boundaries that one can load into their handheld and even google earth in their phones. I bet the Polaris with the onboard GPS could even load the file. I think thats the direction everyone needs to go as its far more effective with the way technology is progressing aswell as save a pile of money on signage.

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ferniesnow said:

I realize that Sean. While we are in that conversation, how much of the old iron is up there? I can see the new sleds reaching out and placing this on the GPS units but the older sleds are SOL. It is kind of like Quartz with the Park closure and Frisby with caribou closures; place the signage when the snow is deeper and make the sticks high enough (that might be a problem some years). It has to be easy for sledders to know the boundary and regular sledders have the advantage if they care but for the visitor, it is hit and miss. We were okay as we had a clue looking at maps but are all riders that responsible?

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Andrew.renegade1000 said:

How much snow has fallen in town today?

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rknight111 said:

Saturday we rode Clemina Creek, trail was awesome. Started in morning glory was an awesome morning with 1 1/2 to 2’ of fresh snow. Then we headed into lakeview there was 1 1/2 to 3’ of fresh, lots left to hit in this area, we headed toward the wall which was still untouched, and with the extreme cold temps I don’t think anyone would of ventured this far on Sunday. I ended up with some frostbite on my forehead and neck in a few areas and some tender fingers. When it was to be - 19 as a high we decided to call it a weekend, we had such a good day on Saturday it was not a disappointment.

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