Wrandees is the best I’ve seen in a decade.
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Nine Mile is frozen/packed snow on the main trail to the lake. A few footprints on the woods road, Karstaway, and Spruce Ridge, but none of those sections are packed in. Packed line gets a bit narrow past Karstaway to the lake (6-9 inches wide). Two trees down, easily stepped over or around. Didn’t have a saw with me to clear them.
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Long Lake is top notch right now for studded tires.
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Thanks for the update.
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Careful in Wrandees. Lots of head level widow makers in some open fast sections. Specifically in the trail from exhibition park down to the first dam.
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A volunteer cleared the downed trees from Nine Mile yesterday before the storm hit.
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According to the SMATVA Facebook group, the Hiking Trail Road bridge is finished
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Wrandees is prime conditions still (feb 18), goes without saying studs are a must. Skinnies would probably be fine as well. Only challenge is it is easy to lose the trail as the woods is all hardcrust.
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Pipeline trail?
Pipeline and the trails off it are good to go - not max speed, but good conditions, a few trees down, but can get around or over them all. Studs absolutely mandatory (and I’m a guy that usually will say if you chill in the corners, you’ll be alright without).
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Grey Mountain is in phenomonal shape - easy to find your way around as well with the tracks if you’re not familiar with the system.
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Anyone been to whopper lately? Wondering if it’s worth trying or if it’s just crusty ice.
I heard that it would probably be good out to the end of Flipside and probably not good beyond.
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Wrandees was fun today!
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Nine Mile main trail is packed snow, but quite narrow (6”-ish) out by the lake. Bumpy on the front loop, but pretty good riding to Karstaway. Some boardwalks not packed in well, so ride with care. Some foot traffic in Karstaway, Spruce Ridge, and Hemlock, but I doubt any of them are well packed.
Are studs mandatory?
I would say right now studs are mandatory everywhere lol
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Studs are mandatory on plowed roads right now
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Definitely, studs are mandatory at Wrandees.
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Norawarren end of MRWA over to the top of Orange Jelly and back is basically a 6-10" ribbon of packed trail with deep crusty snow on either side. Rideable on skinnies, but could honestly use a troop of snowshoers and then some fatbikes to widen out the trails. Otherwise, it’s honestly pretty good balance training.
Also cut out a downed tree on West Pine that maybe didn’t affect many people other than me, but was still less than ideal.
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