NEW TRAIL STATUS AND CLOSURE UPDATE BLOG POSTED YESTERDAY: READ HERE
WEATHER
No new snow overnight. 8cm in the past 7 days. Total snowpack heights in most areas is 260cm. Riding is generally packed snow with some areas of soft windblown powder to be found. Temperatures this week have been unseasonably cold. Day time high today -4C, light flurries. Forecast is looking like the next major storm should be arriving Monday with up to 60cm new snow possible by next weekend.
GROOMED
Morrissey: Morrissey Trail, Summit Trail, Doug Dean Trail groomed last night. Note that the Morrissey bridge over the Elk River is being re-decked and will be CLOSED Feb 28-Mar 3 and Mar 7 - 10th from 9am-5pm daily.
Coal Creek: Coal Creek Trail groomed last night. TRAIL CHANGE: Please note that the ‘old’ trail does not exist anymore due to flood damage - the FSA has built a NEW trail this fall on the left bank of Coal Creek that rejoins the ‘old’ Coal Creek trail just above the Matheson junction.
Corbin: Timber- harvesting is now complete. Snowcat worked last night to restore the main trail from the staging area to the Barnes / Elliot Junction. Groomed from staging area to Rain Gauge last night.
Hartley: Groomed Feb 16th from the staging area to the East Fork of the Sulphur.
Ram: Closed to large, impassable washout near km45. Cabin remains locked