2017 / 2018 Valemount Conditions and Updates

[Andrew.renegade1000]

Well this may be the funniest thing I may of heard all day or its a sick joke. 5ft of fresh in blue and mcbride has ten. I called bull**** but got a pic of the trail into red sands. Definitely 3ft of fresh on the trail.

Oh there it is lol

 

[Foxstar45]

10 feet? I think this would be national news. Natural avalanches would be taking out highways and villages. Women would be clutching their children in the basement of their local church. Chaos.

 

[Caper11]

10 feet? I think this would be national news. Natural avalanches would be taking out highways and villages. Women would be clutching their children in the basement of their local church. Chaos.

Lmao no sh** eh! I doubt thats true. But there is light snow falling in edson and wct has almost a foot.

 

[maxwell]

90cm? ok bud LOL. the height of that seat on that bike would be around 3ft. ways to go lol

 

[Mike270412]

they wrote a song about you once Mike..... something about "driving my life away"

Tell me about it...

 

[Andrew.renegade1000]

Lmao no sh** eh! I doubt thats true. But there is light snow falling in edson and wct has almost a foot.

But that pic is actually from red sands today??

 

[Foxstar45]

Someone should come up with a snow depth interpretation chart.

Someone says: Was about 8'' Actual: It hasn't snowed for weeks but got windy the night before and it loaded about 4-5'' certain aspects.
Someone says: 18'' - 2' Actual: It has been snowing on and off for a week.. A few inches at a time. Total accumulation... 1 foot.
Someone Says : 3' at least!!! Actual: It snowed 18''. This is a very good snowfall but not... spit out your coffee good so..
Someone says: 5' Actual: Still 18''. but in places that haven't seen traffic in weeks there is more. Jump off your sled up to your waste.

 

[Mike270412]

Someone should come up with a snow depth interpretation chart.

Someone says: Was about 8'' Actual: It hasn't snowed for weeks but got windy the night before and it loaded about 4-5'' certain aspects.
Someone says: 18'' - 2' Actual: It has been snowing on and off for a week.. A few inches at a time. Total accumulation... 1 foot.
Someone Says : 3' at least!!! Actual: It snowed 18''. This is a very good snowfall but not... spit out your coffee good so..
Someone says: 5' Actual: Still 18''. but in places that haven't seen traffic in weeks there is more. Jump off your sled up to your waste.

And "nut deep" is a lot different depending how old you are.

 

[Caper11]

But that pic is actually from red sands today??

Yah apparently, like i said I called BS until I saw that pic. It looks decent. Just what I was told so please dont shoot the messenger.

 

[Caper11]

Someone should come up with a snow depth interpretation chart.

Someone says: Was about 8'' Actual: It hasn't snowed for weeks but got windy the night before and it loaded about 4-5'' certain aspects.
Someone says: 18'' - 2' Actual: It has been snowing on and off for a week.. A few inches at a time. Total accumulation... 1 foot.
Someone Says : 3' at least!!! Actual: It snowed 18''. This is a very good snowfall but not... spit out your coffee good so..
Someone says: 5' Actual: Still 18''. but in places that haven't seen traffic in weeks there is more. Jump off your sled up to your waste.

Lol true, the thing I find with snow reports it depends on the timing of the report and the person, and as mike many digits said how old you are lol.

 

[TPOWER]

Here's a little teaser from Allan creek today ,

 

[VARDA]

We have been getting numerous reports of great riding conditions up in the hills. The interweb is flooded with some amazing riding pictures.


Unfortunately I am still taking time off the sled due to injury so our first hand info has been slim and we are relying on fellow riders to help out with info. So please keep sharing those great photos and feel free to email any info you feel like sharing to info@ridevalemount.com.


Parking lots are primarily bare although the snowline begins directly at the trailheads. The upper trails are holding up well with full coverage in place for now. The lower sections of trail are getting soft quickly and not holding up well to the minimal traffic.


Some bare patches do exist although they are minimal, except for the short stretch after the 4km bridge in the Clemina area which is bare for 150m due to logging. So please expect a short snow free section immediately after the first bridge until you regain the groomed trail.


Please understand that spring has sprung, and we manage the trails the best we can given the weather. It only takes a few riders to mess up a slushy trail until the freezing level.




Ride safe!

 

[rknight111]

We are on our way to valemount tonight will post some pics tomorrow night.

 

[TylerG]

We are on our way to valemount tonight will post some pics tomorrow night.

I heard they are stopping all Black Chevy's at the Alberta/BC Border and checking the wheel studs

 

[catmando]

I heard they are stopping all Black Chevy's at the Alberta/BC Border and checking the wheel studs

I heard he was going so I cancelled, go hang with some cat riders next weekend lol

 

[rknight111]

in valemount, snowing huge flakes and hard. Highways from edmonton are snow covered with 4-6” settled on highways, not one plow till i hit the park. Entwhistle has a detour Due to police incident highway 16 closed

 

[rknight111]

We rode Clemina friday,had a great day. Most areas had 1 1/2’ of snow, in lake view it was 2 - 2 1/2’. Still lots to hit with limited visibly friday. Ran out of gas by the time I got to parking lot. Blue sky’s today

 

[rknight111]

she will be a find day in them mountains in valemount today.
heading to chappel

 

[rknight111]

We had a great day in chappel, bluebird. Snow was from 1’ to 3’ feet deep. Put on 74 miles, ran out of fuel just at the truck again.

 

[Merc63]

We rode chappel too, awesome day! Out of fuel as well and bagged, had to head down. Trail was in great shape up and down. We put some tracks down but there is some good lines left.