Tuesday, February 25, 2014

Feb 25/14 - BRRRRR!!

Hi Sledders, we just back from Arizona and OMG another cold snap - what the hell? Farmers almanac said it was going to be a cold winter but I thought one -38 cold snap was it. LOL. -28 today but going to +2 on Thurs then back down to -18 to -12 during the day on the weekend and snow forecasted for Friday. Snow is in great shape here but while we were gone there was a report of a size 4 avalanche in the Lizard range - that is HUGE! Lets all go home from our sledding vacations okay. Seriously - climbing this year is just not a great idea until these conditions change in the weak slab layers that are in the snowpack. Read your bulletins carefully, go to the Forecasters Blog on the www.avalanche.ca website and listen to the pros have a conversation about the snowpack. They are sledders too so they are coming at it from a sledder perspective now. Meadows will be awesome. Work on learning how to bend and recover those new suspensions. Fernie Snowmobile Association had great snow drags and there are photos on Raven Eye Photography if you want to see them. They are calling to beware of avalanche risk on their website also. They are grooming Coal Creek/Morrissey 3 x per week and Hartley will be groomed when avy risk is reduced they are saying. Please Please Please support their grooming program. If you ride in from the Pipeline and then enjoy a groomed trail, find a way to drop off a donation or buy a club membership to show support and get as many names on club lists for the government to see that we are represented in the backcountry. Fernie club is having their Snowarama Sunday March 16 leaving from Coal Creek at 10am. Be safe and have a blast out there - lots of riding still to be done for this winter. Our March is filling up. Cheers - V

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