Castle Mnt Jan 2

[foothills m8]

Shibby bars deep

 

[foothills m8]

A couple more

 

[Shibby!]

Haha. Thanks for the stuck picture... I blame that stuck on you and your 5 ft deep ruts.

I should have taken a picture of both of us stuck at the beginning of the day.

I'll post mine tonight.

Snow was pretty good considering. With a little hunt we found a lot of fresh and made short notice of it!

VERY BUSY at Castle. Not overly busy, but the place is normally empty.

 

[polarice]

Haha. Thanks for the stuck picture... I blame that stuck on you and your 5 ft deep ruts.

I should have taken a picture of both of us stuck at the beginning of the day.

I'll post mine tonight.

Snow was pretty good considering. With a little hunt we found a lot of fresh and made short notice of it!

VERY BUSY at Castle. Not overly busy, but the place is normally empty.

might have to explore that area a bit and use up some of that powder

 

[Shibby!]

Ian showing me "the spots"

Some stuck pictures:

Valley pic

I guess it should be noted that some of these pictures aren't from Castle.

 

[GasCan]

Love that first picture! Looks like you powder hounds found some fresh!

 

[foothills m8]

Ya was good at castle up first creek to the right at top end was chest deep, did`nt get a pic of it but was deeeeep ,go down the creeksssss,lololol , other area`s were good to had to look for it but it was there..and there

 

[foothills m8]

Love that first picture! Looks like you powder hounds found some fresh!

Ya its time to take you there they calling for 10-15 down that way tonight and tomorrow should be double that at castle GET READY

 

[GasCan]

Laughing my ass off here. I am supposed to do my Avy field course this weekend in Golden so gotta confirm that first...if not then I'm in ! Better shine up my shovel?

 

[foothills m8]

Skill`s

 

[GasCan]

Think I have a few fundamentals down?

• do not ride into a tree
• do not steer into tree well
• do not stop uphill in powder
• throttle is your best friend
• help dig your buds out from stucks
• buy beer for those who help dig you out

I think I'm getting the jig of it here! lmao

 

[Shibby!]

Think I have a few fundamentals down?

• do not ride into a tree
• do not steer into tree well
• do not stop uphill in powder
• throttle is your best friend
• help dig your buds out from stucks
• buy beer for those who help dig you out

I think I'm getting the jig of it here! lmao

And the old adage of "if you don't try you don't learn"

There is a time and place, but unless you don't "givver", you will never know or learn.

Highlights should be put on the above important points:

1) DON"T STOP IN BAD PLACES. These stucks are simply not needed. Railing through trees and getting stuck or hitting a tree is permissible. Simply stopping in a bad spot only to trench down isn't.

 

[polarice]

okay now im kinda wanting to hit these hills and powder for a day of getting stuck
how hard are these areas to find for someone that has never been there
or is it best to tag along if you guys wouldnt mind

 

[Shibby!]

okay now im kinda wanting to hit these hills and powder for a day of getting stuck
how hard are these areas to find for someone that has never been there
or is it best to tag along if you guys wouldnt mind

It's extremely easy to find, however with everything there are precautions. First, you travel through some avy runs on the way up. They look innocent but they aren't. You can't see whats above. Secondly, you should always ride with other people. Safety in numbers.

That being said, I'll send you a message on how to go into that area.

 

[cat girl]

Nice pictures!! We are headed that way this weekend..yahooooooooooooo

 

[Unklsnomobile]

Shibby we saw you guys on Saturday. You even stopped and chatted with us. But you gotta get your story straight. There's no snow around here! All the snow is in Revy. Everyone else should go there. Besides, you tracked up all the gullys.

 

[Shibby!]

Shibby we saw you guys on Saturday. You even stopped and chatted with us. But you gotta get your story straight. There's no snow around here! All the snow is in Revy. Everyone else should go there. Besides, you tracked up all the gullys.

Bahah =) We sure did.

Yea, I tend to like to keep certain areas quiet, but I was amazed at how many were there that weekend.

At the end of the day if there is good snow to enjoy, anybody's free to enjoy it.

How was your ride the rest of the day? We just played in the gullies and trees. Never did make it over the pass.

 

[Unklsnomobile]

We had a good day playing in the trees mostly in our favorite spots. Not many tracks on the big open hills yet. Good to see guys being careful. The trail sucks already, because there has been a lot of traffic. Typical for the holiday season.

 

[Shibby!]

We had a good day playing in the trees mostly in our favorite spots. Not many tracks on the big open hills yet. Good to see guys being careful. The trail sucks already, because there has been a lot of traffic. Typical for the holiday season.

Apparently they don't groom it anymore?

I remember when I first started riding there it was groomed to the clear cut block. That was SWEET. One local said it was the army guys doing it?

It'll be good and bumpy for the rest of the year unless some massive dumps and lack of usage smooth it out.

 

[jaredszakacs]

Ya technically castle mtn is not allowed to groom the trail they did it the odd times for the army guys for some easy access for them but it used to be a guy named glen who worked the groomers who would sneak out here and there and plow and groom the main trail