Planning the 9th Annual Colorado Trail Ride
BusaDave9
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- 1979 Jeep CJ5 with 304 V8, T18 Transmission, Dana 20 Transfer case with TeraLow 3:1 gears, 4.88 axle gears, Detroit Locker up front and Ox Locker in back with 1 piece axle shafts, 36" SuperSwamper SX Tires, Shackle reversal, MileMarker Hydraulic winch, MSD 6A ignition.
No need for chains and no need for a parka.
A light jacket (maybe rain proof) might be good. It's not colder than any other year. Actually it's warmer.
Let me tell you something about the snow in the mountains. As winter starts snow falls on the mountains. At first it's a few inches everywhere. Snow is evenly distributed in the early winter. Then it starts to drift. Then the avalanches come. When spring comes the snow melts on the south facing slopes. Avalanche paths take much longer to melt. In the spring and summer the snow is very unevenly distributed.
We'll see much of the land free of snow. Some trails will have snow drifts. There will be some places with very deep snow that was brought down the mountains by avalanches.
I took this picture of Animas Forks Ghost Town on July 18th. There's not much snow in this picture.
Here's Corkscrew Pass trail on the same day. All this snow was brought down the mountainside in avalanches.
We've had record snowfall in the mountains last winter. There were avalanches down mountainsides that have not had avalanches for decades.
A light jacket (maybe rain proof) might be good. It's not colder than any other year. Actually it's warmer.
Let me tell you something about the snow in the mountains. As winter starts snow falls on the mountains. At first it's a few inches everywhere. Snow is evenly distributed in the early winter. Then it starts to drift. Then the avalanches come. When spring comes the snow melts on the south facing slopes. Avalanche paths take much longer to melt. In the spring and summer the snow is very unevenly distributed.
We'll see much of the land free of snow. Some trails will have snow drifts. There will be some places with very deep snow that was brought down the mountains by avalanches.
I took this picture of Animas Forks Ghost Town on July 18th. There's not much snow in this picture.
Here's Corkscrew Pass trail on the same day. All this snow was brought down the mountainside in avalanches.
We've had record snowfall in the mountains last winter. There were avalanches down mountainsides that have not had avalanches for decades.
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