Sunday, March 15, 2009

Snow Report: Mar 15/09







WOW! Friday was fantastic, warm but snow was great. A snowmobile triggered avalanche - small, short but deep enough at the bottom happened in Rain Gauge on a south facing slope where the snow was thinner and bit wind blown from the west. The rider was fine - managed to get above the break when it let go and stay on the top of the crest off the throtte and slowly come down on very top edge of the slide as it glided down. So we left that bowl and went into Barnes and Limestone (bottom photo from top of west Limestone where if I turned around I would have had a photo of Barnes Lake down the other side). The Rockport Gang and the Queen City Pizza Kings (Ed, Paul & Andy from Regina) were here and they rode Limestone and down the back into Fire Lake and out and said it was awesome! I met Jamie Smith and the boys from Vulcan who were havin' a great day too.
Saturday it snowed all day. The guys all took off into Elliott and said they boondocked for hours on the lake and played on the safer slope. Andy said it was THE BEST DAY EVER as they rode the trees, thigh deep.
The top photo of the horse trailer and the conditions up top in the background is this morning - Sunday. We have at least 4 inches of new snow as it snowed hard all night and is snowing really well this morning non-stop. Visibility will be tough but the snow will be great - Curt home tomorrow...honey the sled is full of gas!

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