[NMCCSC] Pagosa

[william white via NMCCSCeGroup]

Ok, Monday snow did not happen. It’s been warm in Pagosa, but Pagosa Nordic
grooms a place called Colman Park out by the airport. Karen Kvam reports
they do a great job and had some Class 1 Fun this past weekend. (Coyote
Hill is another spot a little further north of town).

This being a car trip weekend, maybe some folks would want to challenge the
icy entrance to the West Fork; I found East Fork to be icy.

Fall Creek (FR 39) is an excellent Class 2 choice!

As Terri said, the gully approach to Lobo Overlook is icy and hardback. I’m
going up today to check out the approach from the Pass itself that CAIC
uses. (Skinning required on any approach to Lobo)

As Barry and others know, the forest and glades on slopes other than south
are nearly always powder. And coordinating a car drop on the highway at the
eastern side of Lobo is a great plan! (Class 3+)

For those of you that want to do some other route-finding, FR 725 is fun
skinning off toward Treasure Peak. But you have to tolerate snowmobiles
anywhere south of the highway.

Good news! Snow is forecast for the next couple of days🤞! I’ll send a new
message late tomorrow.

Think Snow!
Bill White


On Sun, Feb 16, 2020 at 4:05 PM william white <whitebillygoat at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Yes! Fall Creek is the pick of the hill for out-and-back, kick and glide
> or snowshoes. Crossed paths with Terri and Kevin; marvelous views, snow was
> soft enough to do some turns, beautiful sky.
> Clouds moving in with some snow, they say. It has been warm up here and
> low elevation trails are icy. I’ll send out news of snow conditions
> post-storm, Tuesday!
> Bill White
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> On Sun, Feb 16, 2020 at 1:00 PM Teri SHELDAHL via NMCCSCeGroup <
> nmccscegroup at mailman.swcp.com> wrote:
>
>> We went back to Fall Creek and skied an out and back, probably 5-6 miles.
>> First 1/2 mile, the trail was a bit macerated and on the trip out, the
>> actual snow was very nice but the track was a bit icy, with better
>> conditions in the shade. On the trip back, the snow had softened a bit,
>> making the track less crusty. Beautiful day and beautiful skiing. For those
>> of you coming next week, there is a bit of snow predicted, so maybe some
>> nice conditions, but bring maxi glide, just in case!
>>
>> Teri and Kevin Sheldahl
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