All trails at lake Como were groomed, including wolf track which was last groomed in 2014.
Author: Jesse Crocker
Chief Joseph Pass 2/6/20
Today’s report from Chief Joseph Pass. Most trails groomed, but it’s snowing hard. If you want to skate get up there early, but it should be great conditions for classic skiing and touring all day.
Chief Joseph Pass 1/8/20
8 AM: Grooming at Chief Joseph Pass is currently in progress with the snow cat. The plan is to groom all the ski trails and multi use trails. Track setting may be limited because of the amount of new snow in the past few days.
Chief Joseph Pass 1/3/2020
All ski trails at Chief Joseph Pass we’re groomed today, including Banshee, Joseph Creek, and Middle Fork. The multi use trails were not groomed today. We apologize for the lack of grooming reports for the last week, trails were getting groomed daily, but
Chief Joe 12/25/19
Chief Joseph Pass 12/24
Chief Joseph Pass 12/19/19
The following trails at Chief Joseph Pass were groomed with the snowcat today: Gibbons Pass Road, Broadway, CDT, and Timber. Tracks have not been set.
January 2020 Meeting
Please join us for our first meeting of 2020 on Thursday January 9 at 7pm, at the Presbyterian Church, 1220 West Main Street, Hamilton, MT. This meeting will feature a presentation by club vice president Jesse Crocker.
In 2019 Jesse Crocker entered the 1100 mile Silk Road Mountain Race, an unsupported single stage bikepacking race through the Tian Shan mountains in Kyrgyzstan. It has been described as the worlds toughest mountain bike race. Over the course of the race he froze in snow storms, sweated through deserts, stayed with nomads, and almost hit a camel.
Jesse lives in Darby MT where he spends as much time as possible skiing, but when the snow melts he’s on foot or bike. He has thru hiked the Pacific Crest Trails, biked the Great Divide Mountain Bike Route, skied the John Muir Trail, and trekked through the Himalayas. When not outside he is one of the authors of the popular Gaia GPS navigation app.
December 2019 Meeting
| Please Join us at 6:30 p.m on Thursday December 12 for our annual potluck! Russ Lawrence will share his recent trip to Peru shortly after the potluck, around 7:30 p.m. His presentation is called: “Peru 2.0; Treasures of the North”. |
Chief Joseph Pass 12/2/19
The trails at Chief Joseph Pass received their first grooming of the season today. The upper trails were all groomed by our volunteer snowmobile groomers, but the lower trails, Banshee, Joseph Creek, and Middle Fork, still need more snow. The first several miles of Gibbons Pass Road were groomed with the snowcat.
The snow cover is thin, but there is a very firm base layer which allowed our groomers to get out with less snow than might otherwise be needed, but that means many of the trails are much bumpier than usual, and there is grass sticking through in spots. Some trails are only 5 feet wide, so take it slow. Tracks have not been set yet.