Indian Peak Ski Decents

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Cthulhu 2008
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Indian Peak Ski Decents

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Has anyone been up to Brainard Lake recently? We are thinking of heading up there soon for some backcountry and wonder if there are any update regarding conditions or the dryness of the road. We are thinking a bike might be handy if there isn't much snow.

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Here's a trip report from one of my buddies lately: http://www.tetongravity.com/forums/show ... p?t=153507" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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Last weekend it snowed and made everything look white, but in reality the pavement's just below the surface in most places. As usual, the drifts are patchy. It is flat-out road biking in some places and 6-foot drifts in others, depending on the aspect. The road from the Brainard Lake Road to the Mitchell and Long Lake THs is very patchy, with a tendency toward drifting. This week's been cold, so I imagine conditions are similar currently.

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It looks depressingly dry up there. I wonder what the west side of IPW looks like.
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ScottN wrote:It looks depressingly dry up there. I wonder what the west side of IPW looks like.
West side: Scoured up high, glazed in unshaded areas down low. In the valley we had so much melt last week that our middle son found two arrows that he had shot into a snowbank around Christmas.
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Thanks for the info! The trip report helped a lot too. Can't believe how little snow we have this year.

It's either IPW this weekend or mountain biking in Buffalo Creek... good stuff either way. :D
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