Category: Trail Report

Grooming Report 1/7/3027

Bitterroot Cross Country Club

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Gibbons Pass Multiple Use Trail System

Grooming Report

Date:_1-7-2017__________ Temp:_____-5 to 10______F

Snowing During Grooming:_____ No Snow During Grooming:_no____

Grooming Disclaimer: The temperature is starting to rise. Daytime temps are in the double digits. It is looking like high of 15 today. The club trails are in very good condition very few users on the trails this week. The Piston Bully crew left them alone Thursday, Friday and Saturday due to the cold surface temps. It looks like new snow is predicted today and tonight so be looking forward to fresh corduroy and set tracks on the club trails Sunday morning. The Piston Bully crew groomed all the multiple use trails today. We also cleaned and stocked the bathrooms at Gibbons Pass.

Trail Name: Easiest

Groomed

Comments:

CD Trail

1-1-17

Broadway

1-1-17

Cut Thru

1-1-17

Sunny Meadows

1-1-17

Timber Trail

1-1-17

Technique

1-1-17

Sentinel Meadows

1-1-17

Moose Trail

1-1-17

Solitude Trail

1-1-17

Windy Passage

1-1-17

Trail Name: More Difficult

Groomed

Comments:

Lost Trail Loop

1-1-17

Herringbone

1-1-17

Gold Medal Loop

1-1-17

Vista View Trail

1-1-17

Josephs Creek Trail

1-1-17

Lower Loop

1-1-17

Trail Name: Most Difficult

Groomed

Comments:

Whoopee

1-1-17

Banshee Trail

1-1-17

Middle Fork Trail

1-1-17

Trail Name: Multiple Use

Groomed

Comments:

Gibbons Pass Road: mi 0-7

x

Gibbons Pass Road: mi 7-8

x

Overlook Trail

x

Sunshine Run

x

Rabbit Run

Coyote Run

x

Hogan’s Run

x

Trail Creek Road: Gibbons Pass Intersection to Hogan’s Cabin Turn off: 2.5 miles

x

Trail Creek Road: Hogan’s Cabin to Hwy 43: 5.2 miles

Comments Continued:

Bitterroot Cross Country Club

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Gibbons Pass Multiple Use Trail System

Grooming Report

Date:_1-7-2017__________ Temp:_____-5 to 10______F

Snowing During Grooming:_____ No Snow During Grooming:_no____

Grooming Disclaimer: The temperature is starting to rise. Daytime temps are in the double digits. It is looking like high of 15 today. The club trails are in very good condition very few users on the trails this week. The Piston Bully crew left them alone Thursday, Friday and Saturday due to the cold surface temps. It looks like new snow is predicted today and tonight so be looking forward to fresh corduroy and set tracks on the club trails Sunday morning. The Piston Bully crew groomed all the multiple use trails today. We also cleaned and stocked the bathrooms at Gibbons Pass.

Trail Name: Easiest

Groomed

Comments:

CD Trail

1-1-17

Broadway

1-1-17

Cut Thru

1-1-17

Sunny Meadows

1-1-17

Timber Trail

1-1-17

Technique

1-1-17

Sentinel Meadows

1-1-17

Moose Trail

1-1-17

Solitude Trail

1-1-17

Windy Passage

1-1-17

Trail Name: More Difficult

Groomed

Comments:

Lost Trail Loop

1-1-17

Herringbone

1-1-17

Gold Medal Loop

1-1-17

Vista View Trail

1-1-17

Josephs Creek Trail

1-1-17

Lower Loop

1-1-17

Trail Name: Most Difficult

Groomed

Comments:

Whoopee

1-1-17

Banshee Trail

1-1-17

Middle Fork Trail

1-1-17

Trail Name: Multiple Use

Groomed

Comments:

Gibbons Pass Road: mi 0-7

x

Gibbons Pass Road: mi 7-8

x

Overlook Trail

x

Sunshine Run

x

Rabbit Run

Coyote Run

x

Hogan’s Run

x

Trail Creek Road: Gibbons Pass Intersection to Hogan’s Cabin Turn off: 2.5 miles

x

Trail Creek Road: Hogan’s Cabin to Hwy 43: 5.2 miles

Comments Continued:

Grooming Report 12/22

Bitterroot Cross Country Club

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Gibbons Pass Multiple Use Trail System

Grooming Report

Date:_____12-22-2016______ Temp:______0_____F

Snowing During Grooming:_____ No Snow During Grooming:__x___

Grooming Disclaimer: Ten + inches of snow fell during the week. Skiing should be super fun.

Trail Name: Easiest

Groomed

Comments:

CD Trail

x

Broadway

x

Cut Thru

x

Sunny Meadows

x

Timber Trail

x

Technique

x

Sentinel Meadows

x

Moose Trail

Powder Run today

Solitude Trail

x

Windy Passage

x

Trail Name: More Difficult

Groomed

Comments:

Lost Trail Loop

x

Herringbone

x

Gold Medal Loop

x

Vista View Trail

x

Josephs Creek Trail

Lower Loop

Trail Name: Most Difficult

Groomed

Comments:

Whoopee

Banshee Trail

Middle Fork Trail

Trail Name: Multiple Use

Groomed

Comments:

Gibbons Pass Road: mi 0-7

x

Groomed only to Windy Passage

Gibbons Pass Road: mi 7-8

Overlook Trail

Sunshine Run

Rabbit Run

Coyote Run

Hogan’s Run

Trail Creek Road: Gibbons Pass Intersection to Hogan’s Cabin Turn off: 2.5 miles

Trail Creek Road: Hogan’s Cabin to Hwy 43: 5.2 miles

Comments Continued:

Bitterroot Cross Country Club

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Gibbons Pass Multiple Use Trail System

Grooming Report

Date:_____12-22-2016______ Temp:______0_____F

Snowing During Grooming:_____ No Snow During Grooming:__x___

Grooming Disclaimer: Ten + inches of snow fell during the week. Skiing should be super fun.

Trail Name: Easiest

Groomed

Comments:

CD Trail

x

Broadway

x

Cut Thru

x

Sunny Meadows

x

Timber Trail

x

Technique

x

Sentinel Meadows

x

Moose Trail

Powder Run today

Solitude Trail

x

Windy Passage

x

Trail Name: More Difficult

Groomed

Comments:

Lost Trail Loop

x

Herringbone

x

Gold Medal Loop

x

Vista View Trail

x

Josephs Creek Trail

Lower Loop

Trail Name: Most Difficult

Groomed

Comments:

Whoopee

Banshee Trail

Middle Fork Trail

Trail Name: Multiple Use

Groomed

Comments:

Gibbons Pass Road: mi 0-7

x

Groomed only to Windy Passage

Gibbons Pass Road: mi 7-8

Overlook Trail

Sunshine Run

Rabbit Run

Coyote Run

Hogan’s Run

Trail Creek Road: Gibbons Pass Intersection to Hogan’s Cabin Turn off: 2.5 miles

Trail Creek Road: Hogan’s Cabin to Hwy 43: 5.2 miles

Comments Continued:

Grooming Report 12/16


Final grooming report. “Really cold up there”! All upper trails have been compacted with the Pisten Bully and gone over many passes with the compaction/leveler drags. Still too thin of a snow cover to set tracks, we hit quite a few stumps and logs today just under the surface.
Should be able to get tracks in on all upper trails next week after a couple more inches of snow. Lower trails are still unpacked, we barely got down Joseph Creek and back up today. Got really buried a number of times, its quite deep and bottomless snow down there.
If anyone is looking for a project it would really help if a group got together and went down the lower trails- Middle Fork, Joseph and Banshee on snowshoes! Spread out across the trails and really stomp a platform by knocking the air out of the snowpack. This would help the grooming crew immensely, allowing us to be able to get down them and get the base established so we can start grooming them. Tony