Valemount Conditions and Updates

[Depsnolvr]

Woke up to a snow covered ground this mornin !

Its all melting away now, but.........ooooh the hills

Sorry, still no reports of trail condition, but I would plan on leaving from the staging areas and riding a bit of gravel

 

[maxwell]

sooo who wants to drive me up friday hahahahaha

 

[Depsnolvr]

With so many requests for info, I went out to look for myself yesterday.

Allan parking area is completely bare, and users are parking in the back 40 by the entrance to the trail, some are even driving up .5km to the very small turnaround, but I dont think its worth it. Expect to ride aprox .5km of pure gravel from the staging areas and patches until 3km. The trails are melting very fast. I recomend using the old switchback trail as the new trail is melting extremely quick. Up top was very hard in the morin and nice a soft by mid afternoon.

I do not believe Clemina can be accessed from the original staging area any longer. My recomendation would be to park up in the next pullout at the beginning of the FSR road or even up the road if it melts more, but I dont think that can be done yet. Remember to make sure you are well off the highway. Remember Dixon is now open !

Still use caution out there and respect this tricky snowpack and please resist the temptation to look for snow and enter Caribou Closures. It has been an excellent year with compliance and I would like to keep it that way.

Enjoy the spring sunshine !

 

[I'vegotthenutz]

rock on curtis, looks like a beautiful day...:d

 

[joesled]

we rode the Dixon glacier on fri and sat. drove up to the shack, km4 or 5, not too sure.but the trail was pretty good after that. the snow on the glacier is pretty set up. triggered a small avy,nothing too serious.just enough to keep us in check and to remind us of how unstable this year has been.

 

[joesled]

a few more pics.

 

[treemongrol]

Was up Allen today parked about km up went up groomer way dirt patches occasionally was hard packed and rode out typical spring conditions Snowed on and off thru out the day good day had by all.

 

[tmix]

thanks for the pics, looks like fun!!!

 

[maxwell]

hey joesled i did see your tracks on dixon under the 2feet of fresh it recieved overnight:d

anyways.

had a good ride on saturday a little setup but sunny and warm. rode clemina and dixon glacier on sunday. AWESOME. no one was on it. there was about an inch of fresh in clemina and about a foot and half to two feet on the glacier. sunny and one of the best days this year. i forgot my camera in valemount so ill try and find some good ones that i took on my other one.

drove past codys avalanche which is still visible as a reminder to play safe for the day.

seems pretty stable now. we were cutting some sidehills on a steep shorter slope and wasnt moving.

ALSO

TO THE GUY BASHING/BEATING DOWN THE DIXON GLACIER ENTRANCE SIGN.

IT IS OPEN IDIOT WTF ARE YOU DOING? . " OH SORRY I DIDNT WANT TO GET IN TROUBLE"

AND WHO LEFT EMPTYS ON TOP OF MY GAS CANS....GUYS LIKE YOU MAN GUYS LIKE YOU

if your in doubt. call varda. ask on here, or ask someone thats in the area. AKA ME I WAS RIGHT THERE

ps. drove to the first bridge. by next weekend expect to be at the seond bridge. trail was in great shape tho!!

 

[maxwell]

ill post some gooders tommorow. forgot my camera

 

[joesled]

looks like you got there at the right time maxwell.snow does look better than when we were there on saturday.all in all though it was a great wekend.had the hole glacier to ourselves.both days full of suds and sun.it was a great way to end the year. big thank you to all for the helpfull posts.:d

 

[maxwell]

looks like you got there at the right time maxwell.snow does look better than when we were there on saturday.all in all though it was a great wekend.had the hole glacier to ourselves.both days full of suds and sun.it was a great way to end the year. big thank you to all for the helpfull posts.:d

ya did we ever fluke that. the glacier is bizzare. being like 2000ft higher than clemina in places. either way. awesome day. to bad the snow is so unstable this year we barely even broke it in!!

 

[maxwell]

wow i saw lots of rigs in town someone must have some updates besides me and joe!!

 

[06 Dragon]

How do you get to dixon glacier? Never been there.

 

[maxwell]

Pmd!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[new24stroke]

Me to how do you get to the glacier.I will be heading to Valemount on Saturday.

 

[BIGFOOT]

looks like you got there at the right time maxwell.snow does look better than when we were there on saturday.all in all though it was a great wekend.had the hole glacier to ourselves.both days full of suds and sun.it was a great way to end the year. big thank you to all for the helpfull posts.:d

Bullchitted with U at the cabin joesled....Thks again 2 your bud for the Advil !

 

[maxwell]

LOL

what day was that

sounds like an excelent time

 

[joesled]

hey Bigfoot,no problem man.hope your feeling better.

 

[JoHNI_T]

that second picture is kinda creepy, I see a bigfoot half naked in the background with a man flexing as he leaves the room, is that wizzy with the mits, meet him at thhe MM09 funny crew...