Anybody heading west soon?

[MN Mike]

NICE!!! It's amazing how much snow it out there this year, every other year I have gone in April you usually start following the snow up the mtn. but not this year, the snow banks are bigger than ever!

I see Cooke is holding strong on the snow, I hear a crew is headed out in a week or so and the forecast looks GREAT..... STILL!

The heat is on, one of the guys want's to go in May or June but I'm not sure how that's going to fit, not that I'm not up for it, just too many things going on this time of year to make something like that fit plus a fall hunting trip to Colorado too.

Mike

[Central Bassman]

Anyways, sounds like west yellow stone was decent but the snow was somewhat heavy and sticky. He said Togwotee was great riding and was better than it was earlier this year when they went out in Jan. and that trip was some of the better riding he has had. Lot's of powder out there right now. He said the trail signs have been taken down and there is was pretty much no one out riding. I believe he said they were around the 150"+ mark. They did not see much slide activity last week.

Great report!! Early season trips are fun but late season trips in my opinion are better. When you go later in the season you always find un-track snow and you usually have the place to yourself. Did you they buy the sleds from Togwotee Lodge?

[MN Mike]

AHH Yes..... Go big or go home as they say. Mitch, is this the type of footage we can expect from your Hero Cam next year? Hero snow and a Hero cam make an interesting mix.

[311Hemi]

WOW.

[Central Bassman]

I saw this yesterday on 509's twitter... Thats crazy!!! He was so close to doing that crazy chute.

[MN Mike]

Did you see this Mitch?! Makes a person want to go the the Big Horn's quick! Guys are still talking about a quick trip to Cooke, just to say we did it, we'll see what happens, looks like plenty of snow in town to ride in and out..... that's just crazy!

BIGHORN MOUNTAINS WEST-BIGHORN MOUNTAINS SOUTHEAST-

334 PM MDT SAT MAY 21 2011

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MDT SUNDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MDT SUNDAY.

* SUMMARY AND TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE...HEAVY AT TIMES...

OVER THE BIGHORNS THROUGH 6 AM SUNDAY MORNING.

* SNOW AMOUNTS SO FAR...7 TO 16 INCHES ON THE WEST SLOPES OF THE

BIGHORN MOUNTAINS. ON THE EAST SLOPES...11 TO 22 INCHES HAS

FALLEN WITH THIS STORM.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE

EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY NORTH OF POWDER RIVER PASS...MAINLY

OVERNIGHT. SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 1 TO 2 FEET...WITH LOCALLY

HIGHER AMOUNTS...ARE EXPECTED BY 6 AM SUNDAY.

* WIND AND VISIBILITY...THE VISIBILITY WILL BE REDUCED TO BELOW

ONE HALF OF A MILE IN FALLING SNOW AT TIMES.

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL OVER GRANITE AND POWDER RIVER PASSES WILL

STILL BE SLICK AND SNOW COVERED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER

CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF

SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN

AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...

FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

[Central Bassman]

NO!!! I have been really busy with work so haven't keeping any eye on what going on out west. THAT IS CRAZZZZYY!!! It would be sweet to be able to say you rode in the mouth of MAY!!

[311Hemi]

I have heard reports of 2' being dropped in areas of ID and MT over the weekend

[MN Mike]

Are you ready to go Hemi ?!!?! I know if I said yes right now, 3 of us would be in Cooke City in 14 hours actually, they can't go until after this weekend but they sure are putting the heat on a guy!

Mike

[311Hemi]

Man I wish...I think my wife would kill me!! She can't understand why I'm working on snowblowers in the garage when it's summer out.