First big snow ride of the year...

We rode in deep snow at Diamond Mill yesterday...

That was fun / crazy. Not sure how many miles we did but it was not a ton and mostly in 3"-1.5 feet of snow. Amazingly the traction was still good. Lost the trail int he deep snow and had to pull 2 bikes out of a steep hillside. Good fun.

On the way up there...



Looked like it was going to be clear and nice for the day until we got the bikes unloaded and...



Brought the Snow machine, with new rear tire and grip heaters.



Was not bad at the bottom, and hit some fun trails...





Then we headed up traill 66 (Plastic) and it went up and up and up into the deeper and deeper snow...



It's starting to get fun...



So we thought we would hit the steeper trails, seems reasonable :smirk:



I figured we were done about here...



but no...

Red says "bring it"



Me asking if we are having fun yet...



So I manage to pass everyone on the hill and start busting trail until I can't see trail any more. Now we start the hike and verify trail method...



Axle deep and still thumbs up. We have come down stuff were not sure we can go back up.



Does not look it in the pic but this is a steep down hill we are not going to be able to come back up EZ so were kinda committed at this point...





We check Reds GPS and realize we are 400 feet from the road but in white out conditions we can't see the trail so Red hikes down to the road to verify while we yard to bikes up the hill that have gone the wrong way down a steep section.

This guys says we are at Code Red :smirk:



There are no more pix from this point on as we needed to rob my camera batteries for the GPS to find a way home. We slip and slide around and manage to get back to the truck about 3:30 and still snowing pretty hard.

Fun day, thanks dudes.

I don't know how you get the front wheel to roll in anything over a foot deep. Last time I tried to ride in snow that deep, my powdersugered donut front wheel would simply stop rolling. (snow might have been a bit more packed than what you were riding in.) Glad you had a safe outcome for your adventure.

I just got the new Moose ones, work GREAT. Those and grip heaters maks all the difference in the world. Now i need some heated fog proof goggles.

Nope brand new 120 MOTOZ Terrapactor and WOW. I wheelied up a big hill in second past the dude on the KTM. Traction was amazing. The snow was just right though, not slushy not fluffy, perfect snow ball density and made for some amazing traction. There were several places i was sure we were done but had to fan the clutch to keep the front end down.

Need to mount up the grip heaters and Terrapactors to the WR400, the big bottom would have been FUN.

thanks for the info, looks like they have an add on unit too.

http://www.habervision.com/product/HaberEliminator.aspx

Does not take much to mess stuff up here as there are a lot of bridges and hills and once the snow / ice hit is is a mess to travel in. Seattle is a mess right now as it is a lot is steep streets with ice on them.

dude on TT from Seattle reports...

Let's see, awoke this morning to 17F degrees and 3 inches of fresh powder. It is now a quarter to 2 in the pm and it is 15F degrees and snowing with over 10 inches on the ground and more coming.

Tonight's forecast low is -2F. Should be down right chilly out tomorrow. At least I don't have to deal with idiot drivers or mass "transit".

Put them away? NEVER. This is the fun season Learn mad balancing skills and it's a freaking workout. I have 4-5 sets of gear for this time of year to keep them clean / dry. I love mud riding and a good snow ride once in a while.