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Bozeman Montana Backcountry

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It was a good day in the mountains.

Mount Bohemia.wmv

 

 

 

 

 

This is last week snowboarding in Upper Michigan...GOOD TIMES!!

Stormin' Snowboard Patrol.wmv

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This was out at Afton the night of the storm on Sunday. The storm dropped about 16-18 inches of new snow with strong winds. Great conditions!!

Sled Deck, Load Em Up Partner

First time loading the M8 on my truck deck...yeah! No more trailer on the trip out to Montana next month.

Getting ready to go out to the hill for Ski Patrol tonight. It's gonna be a good night, it's dumping and we are supposed to get about 12 - 15 inches of new snow...GOOD TIMES!!

Snowboard Patrol

Great to be out on the snowboard on a Sunday night without the crowds. GOOD TIMES!!

Road Iowa

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It was a frosty morning departing at 4:00AM, -11 degrees, 740 miles today.

 

I've been seeing these wind turbine propellers on semis the past few weeks. Traveled past a wind farm in Iowa on Thursday and the props were really spinning with the winds.

It was a solid 740 miles of driving on Thursday, along with 800 miles on Tuesday. I saw of farmland and assortment of semis this week, roads were the driest of the winter.

Widespread Weak Layer - 8 February 2011

Highway.wmv

Down and back today to Missouri...ya gotta have tractors and cars.

On the road.

Mount Blackmore Instability - 6 Feb 2011

Mount Blackmore is located just south of Bozeman, Montana.

Nebraska Road Storm

These were some of the smaller drifts. Hit some 3 - 5 foot high drifts that engulfed the truck. The F350 4x4 I'm driving just pounded through, just kept on the gas and the wheel straight.

Nebraska / Colder Than a... -11 @ -35 Windchill

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Sunrise in flat farming country at -11 degrees and a north wind with fresh snow. Gotta keep alert.

Truck had just slid off in front of me. If you hit the ditch it's best to keep the steering wheel straight and don't hit the brakes. He will just need to be towed right out. If a driver turns the wheel and hits the brakes, there is a good chance of flipping the rig or jackknifing, that would be much worse.

It is slick and icy in the right lane, but as you know the left lane is waiting to suck a careless car or truck into the ditch. This car must have just gone in because I could see the driver on his cell phone, probably calling for a tow.

 

 Small town Nebraska after a winter storm, it had warmed up to -1 degrees by 9:30AM.

Leaving the Nebraska town and crossing back over the Missouri River. 360 miles to home, 720 miles today, this was a full day starting at 1:00AM and back home enjoying a cold drink by 7:30PM the same day.

I arrived home and Weez had spent all day getting our new place in shape and our apartment looked great. The apartment is really getting comfortable and it feels like Home.

GOOD TIMES!!

Iowa Horse Man / Iron Horse Mustang / Old Iron Jacked...On the Road Again

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Crossing the Mackinaw Bridge in the Dark of the Night

Crossing the Mackinaw Bridge, 5 miles long & 199 feet above Lake Michigan and Lake Huron under a full moon...

A Trip Around Upper Michigan / Mackinaw Bridge

 

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This is about 3:30AM heading home, the first 100 miles were powder snow on a 2 lane highway.  I have 640 miles to drive this day. Crossed the Mackinaw Bridge on this trip in the dark on the way home with a full moon in the western sky...Good Times!!

A Bit of Snow on the Road

 

 

 

Stopped to help a guy crawl out of his SUV that had flipped and rolled. He was OK.

400 miles of snow, locked into 4-wheel drive all the way.

Moving Story

This is the first morning at our new place, we sold the house to down-scale. It was a real challenge to move from a house to a 2 bedroom apartment in a 4-plex. A big plus is having a garage also.

The adventure right now is my job of transporting new cars on a trailer. The trips are 800 to 1500 miles round trip and I haul 1 car out and 1 car back. They are dealer trade sales that swap one new car for another.

Hope to be doing more Ski Patroling the rest of the winter and enjoying the winter conditions now that the move is completed...later

Bacon Rind = Good Stability - 2 Jan 2011

This video is a great follow-up to the earlier test on Bacon Rind. Bacon Rind is located just northwest of the town, West Yellowstone, south of Big Sky, Montana.

Doug gives a good explanation of how the snowpack can strengthen itself. It is useful to see the snowpack evaluations being done by a pro.

Kicking Off 2011

2011. Wow time flies, well we are making the big move. Sold the house and Weez and I are down scaling. We didn't get the Colorado trips in December like the years past. Priorities for sure.

The big picture is more freedom to pursue the adventures. I'm still staying on top of the weather reports and  receive 4 avalanche reports a day. From Montana, Wyoming, Utah and Colorado. I'm chomping on the bit, the snow has been awesome in all the areas we seek out, Buff Pass, in Colorado has been receiving storm after storm and the Snowies are incredible right now. Up in Montana the snow pack is deep and the storms keep rolling through.

 

A few of my snow tools.

 I've got the Ski Patrol season up and running. Got out on the snowboard New Years Eve and did the long Ski Patrol shift till midnight. It was a very good night to snowboard, the weather was brisk, single digit temps and a blustery wind out of the north. Thins the herd, the slopes were uncrowded with just a couple of accidents. It was great to get back on the board!! There is still alot of winter left and many adventures ahead. Keep your head up and board on the snow...later.