Holiday snow wheelin anyone?

[RockyMtRebel]

holiday snow wheeling

I’ve got off from tomorrow until Jan 4th and would like to get out for some snow wheeling at some point.... not a lot of snow yet but enough to make it interesting. Anyone else have some time and want to get out during the holiday?

[open_circuit]

Maybe. No chains limits me a bit. Thoughts on where? I'd be looking at Sat through Weds as possibilties.

[Jim]

I'm around. I'm game.

Up north - the only areas that come to mind that are open:
Sevenmile Creek (and possibly the "christmas tree" trails north of there) though these may well be closed because of the fires
Rock Creek
Bunce / Ironclads
Rollins Pass East

What else is open?

[RockyMtRebel]

Yankee hill is always open and fun, but I would only wanna do it during the week because it sees a lot of traffic. I bet Gamble gulch and some of those roads might not be too bad and maybe goes all the way thru both sides, we haven’t gotten that much snow yet. Bunce and Ironclads during a weekday would be fun also. The far northern part of Switzerland trail with Cliffhanger 2.0 is open year round and probably still goes thru - we could try Cliffhanger, I did it a few weeks ago and it was totally snow covered but O made it all the way up..... wonder if this is still possible.
im sure Sevenmile is closed due to the Cameron peak fire still. Gordon gulch is always open but probably not enough snow to be fun yet.

[mtm]

I am interested for Saturday or maybe Sunday

[JandDGreens]

I know it is quite a trex down to the Woodland Park area but we are running Schubarth on New Years day , but I wouldn't take the Ram as the trail is very tight in some sections.

[RockyMtRebel]

Hey Dave! Yea that’s too far for me, but wish I could
Mike maybe something one of those days, but I’d really prefer Friday or a weekday next week to avoid all the weekend traffic

[Jim]

The week between Christmas and New Year is, typically, quiet - good for play'n in the snow.

Yankee or those other trails down in the area are of more interest.

[Steve-O]

I'm "teleworking" Monday and Tuesday so I could probably sneak away

[JandDGreens]

RockyMtRebel previously posted:

[mtm]

Turns out only Saturday 12/26 will work for me. I will be out of town Sun and Monday and working Tues Wednesday. I can also do Thursday 12/31. I am planning on Schubarth on Friday 1/1

[Jim]

My open dates are Saturday / Sunday / Wednesday / Thurs (though I wish to be home before late).

If someone wishes for a Sat / Sun event - let's stir the waters tonight!

[RockyMtRebel]

Let’s do Yankee Hill on Wednesday the 30th! Hopefully we will have some fresh snow then. I may get out a little on Sunday but probably just an hour or two around here.... Wednesday I’ll plan for most of the day depending on when everyone wants to start. I have one other buddy who has a truck almost identical to mine who wants to go on Wednesday also!

[Jim]

K.

I'll check with the two friends that were along for Pole Hill...

Yankee Hill - Wednesday it is.

[speedkills]

Just caught this thread, I'm free through the end of the year to wheel.

[RockyMtRebel]

Just posted Yankee Hill run, meetup 10am on Wednesday at the staging area. Hopefully we will have some fresh snow and we can explore Yankee hill and other trails in the area to our hearts content

[Jim]

Friends are work'n. It'll be just me for vehicles.

[RockyMtRebel]

Maybe Shane will join us..... it’s snowing tonight, some accumulation right now so that’s encouraging!

[Jim]

No precip in town. Winds were kicking up a few hours back - perhaps some front moving through.

[RockyMtRebel]

Another dusting is all we got..... it’s supposed to snow later today also. Yankee hill is over 11,000 feet so there will definitely be snow.... and ice. Ice usually makes the last few sections difficult. I’ll have chains with me although I won’t use them unless absolutely necessary. I have run Yankee in the light snow before and upon getting to the top it can be like blizzard conditions up there (wind, big snow drifts, etc). I’ve run it with no one else on the mountain (awesome) and with a million others on the mountain (not so awesome). On Wednesday we should have the hills mostly, if not completely to ourselves!!!