Adventure trip, Overlanding, RZR ATV, Overland Camping, Mountain Biking, Winter Fat Tire Mountain Biking, Adventure Motorcycling, Snowboarding / Sledboarding @ Minnesota, Central United States.
MIKE HALL, Adventure Sports, Travel, Overlanding, Backcountry, Avalanche, Snowmobile, Snowmobiling, Snowboard, Snowboarding, Sledboarding, Winter Fat Tire Mountain Biking, Mountain Biking, Ski Patrol, Motorcycle, BMW Adventure Motorcycling, Montana, Colorado, Wyoming, Oregon, Utah, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Jackman, Maine
Monday, April 26, 2010
A Week in the Spring
Sunday, April 25, 2010
Friday, April 09, 2010
Digging a Snow Pit in Montana / Avalanche Pit > Recapping the Last Day in Montana
5 mile ride in to the mountain slopes, for some snowshoing and snowboarding.
Hit the play button, kinda dark...
Labels:
avalanche,
Montana,
Polaris Dragon,
snowboard,
snowshoe
Sunday, April 04, 2010
Sledboarding in the Bridger Range / Day 5 > Road Trip
This day started out good as I was headed up north of Bridger Bowl with the snowmobile. The plan was to ride in the 5 or 6 miles to the mountains and check out the snow conditions and get in a snowboard run if avalanche conditions allow.
I pulled into the trailhead that I had used 2 years ago. It had 20 inches of new snow from the past 2 days. Well as I pulled into the lot I swung the truck to the right and hit a ridge of hard pack snow from a previous plowing that was covered with new snow. The front wheels popped over and started spinning so I hit the brakes. The solution was to drop the trailer and get the truck repositioned, hook the trailer back up and get it turned around and out of there. Got back on the county road and crossed over to another trailhead.
One always has to be ready to adjust to situations in the mountains, this made me very aware of the need to check my surroundings right from the get go. As I prepared the sled and my gear, a couple drove into the trailhead. It turned out that they were going up to check the snotel site at Brackets Creek. It was good to talk to these local people who knew the area. We discussed the avalanche conditions. They identified some of the areas I had explored on previous trips to that area, it is good to take advantage of any information I can garner from local people at the trailhead. Backcountry snowmobilers are very approachable and offer good info on snow conditions and area information.
We visited World Boards on Monday evening after a day at Bridger Bowl, they are right on Main Street in Bozeman. Great people to talk snowboarding with.
Thursday, April 01, 2010
Hiking the Ridge at Bridger Bowl / Day 4 > Road Trip
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)