Elkford Conditions

[Braap!]

going there saturday , will post conditions and photos

 

[Polaris Lady]

Saturday feb 23 is the sled Bettie's take a newbie shredding/ ladies ride! About 60 riders so far

 

[Polaris Lady]

Pic from today, staging area at round prairie for the sled Bettie's ride

 

[Polaris Lady]

Lunch time, top of koko claims, 68 riders for sled Bettie's ride today! . I don't think I got them all in the pic!

 

[Polaris Lady]

This was our group that we took on a tour of koko today, this bunch of guys were from the Calgary snowmobile club

 

[Braap!]

Here's all the pics I took in Elkford ,
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and this is a 360 panoramic ( virtual tour )
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it's very large and takes time to load

 

[Polaris Lady]

We did some trail fixing going into smiths basin. Chainsaw would have been nice!

Trees have been removed! No more ducking under!

 

[Polaris Lady]

Hmm, to ride today or not to ride today? Maybe we will go see how much snow we got up top and if any avalanches came down.

 

[ferniesnow]

Hmm, to ride today or not to ride today? Maybe we will go see how much snow we got up top and if any avalanches came down.

There was 12" of fresh above Mear yesterday. No avi's and very little evidence of sluffing.

 

[Polaris Lady]

Wow it was a blizzard up there today, Pretty hard to see, played in the trees! There was some nice powder to play in! No Avis down, little sluffing through the canyon, trail is rough

 

[Polaris Lady]

Pic of the top meadow up koko today

 

[tater]

Elkford today. Was great day!!!

 

[Xfmontana]

Wish I was there Mike!! Looked nice!

 

[Polaris Lady]

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Elkford today. Was great day!!!

The difference a day makes!

 

[ferniesnow]

Some days are lucky days.........and Smith was about 16" deep without a track!

 

[Pawel]

Some days are lucky days.........and Smith was about 16" deep without a track!

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WOW jealous!!

 

[ferniesnow]

None of the big 5 avalanches have really come down. There is some sluffing in the paths and the last one has more down than the others. In Smith, the first slide is down about 50 m above the trail and the remaining ones are pretty insignificant. Nothing major down other than the one big popular climbing area on the way in. It released from the top ridge and came down through and over all the slope with the little trees on it.

Above Mear, there were some slab releases in the storm snow and they did not cause a significant avalanche.

Generally, it rained to the top with a 2" rain crust; in Smith it is covered with 2-3" of powder, in the trees before Mear Lake it is covered with 1/2" of powder, and above Mear there are places that the crust is covered with up to 8" of powder.

Be safe out there because there is a lot of snow up there to come down.

 

[Polaris Lady]

We went up today to check it out, fernie snows report was pretty accurate! I could not believe how you could not steer with a little bit of rain crust! It's snowing!

 

[Polaris Lady]

I wonder if they will groom again?