Almagre
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- Dancesatmoonrise
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Almagre
Any of the Springs guys know how Almagre is looking right now?
Me and a friend would like to ride mountain bikes up it in the next few days, and while there's a fair amount of snow at elevation, a lot of wheelers go up the route; With the sun and warm temps recently, we're thinking it could be melted out. Anyone been up there lately? TIA.
-Jim
Me and a friend would like to ride mountain bikes up it in the next few days, and while there's a fair amount of snow at elevation, a lot of wheelers go up the route; With the sun and warm temps recently, we're thinking it could be melted out. Anyone been up there lately? TIA.
-Jim
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Re: Almagre
I haven't been up there recently, but it sure looks snowy up there from town.
- womanhiker
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Re: Almagre
I would have to agree with the above post. It looks pretty snowy up there. I wouldn't want to take a bike up.
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- England
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Re: Almagre
How are you accessing the road (379A???) Are you getting there by going up Old Stage road? I don't own the Mount Big Chief topo, and naturally thats the one I need. Could you elaborate?Dancesatmoonrise wrote:Any of the Springs guys know how Almagre is looking right now?
Me and a friend would like to ride mountain bikes up it in the next few days, and while there's a fair amount of snow at elevation, a lot of wheelers go up the route; With the sun and warm temps recently, we're thinking it could be melted out. Anyone been up there lately? TIA.
-Jim
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I have survived 3 avalanches...all my fault. yes i'm a dumb-ass!
I have survived 3 avalanches...all my fault. yes i'm a dumb-ass!
Re: Almagre
14" of snow at 11,500.
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- dcbates80911
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Re: Almagre
Not sure what the snow is like today. However, the east face road tends to collect snow and keep it. Once you get into the bowl around the old damn and up towards the summit, I bet there will be quite a bit of snow. It maybe a challenge.
There is a fine line between fishing and just standing on the shore like an idiot.
- England
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Re: Almagre
"old damn", you said a bad word.dcbates80911 wrote: Once you get into the bowl around the old damn and up towards the summit,
Peter Gallagher quote: "Many people say I move fast for a guy that's out of shape. Then I just remind them that round is a shape".
I have survived 3 avalanches...all my fault. yes i'm a dumb-ass!
I have survived 3 avalanches...all my fault. yes i'm a dumb-ass!
- dcbates80911
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Re: Almagre
oops....I meant dam.England wrote:"old damn", you said a bad word.dcbates80911 wrote: Once you get into the bowl around the old damn and up towards the summit,
There is a fine line between fishing and just standing on the shore like an idiot.
- fox_inthesnow
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Re: Almagre
Mt. Big Chief Quad
Explore it here:
http://listsofjohn.com/PeakStats/QMap.php?Q=11216" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Explore it here:
http://listsofjohn.com/PeakStats/QMap.php?Q=11216" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
- England
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Thanks so much!!!fox_inthesnow wrote:Mt. Big Chief Quad
Explore it here:
http://listsofjohn.com/PeakStats/QMap.php?Q=11216" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Peter Gallagher quote: "Many people say I move fast for a guy that's out of shape. Then I just remind them that round is a shape".
I have survived 3 avalanches...all my fault. yes i'm a dumb-ass!
I have survived 3 avalanches...all my fault. yes i'm a dumb-ass!
- SarahSimon
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Re: Almagre
For comparison, there was about a foot of snow on Cheynne Mountain (9er) this past Sunday 1st November:
http://www.summitpost.org/view_object.p ... _id=154697" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
And from the MacNiel trail, Almagre looked to have a decent blanket of snow on it:
http://www.summitpost.org/image/570544/ ... trail.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
I can't speak as to how the warm temps and sunshine this week have affected snowpack.
Enjoy!
Sarah
http://www.summitpost.org/view_object.p ... _id=154697" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
And from the MacNiel trail, Almagre looked to have a decent blanket of snow on it:
http://www.summitpost.org/image/570544/ ... trail.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
I can't speak as to how the warm temps and sunshine this week have affected snowpack.
Enjoy!
Sarah
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- Dancesatmoonrise
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Re: Almagre
Yeah, we were going to ride from my house up Old Stage and then on to Frosty's Park and then up Almagre. My friend wanted a hard ride. It's a frickin' marathon. I did it earlier this Fall. Long day, but a good fat-burner. We ended up doing a lot easier ride b/c I wanted to do a 14er the next day....and decided folks were probably right about the snow anyway.England wrote:How are you accessing the road (379A???) Are you getting there by going up Old Stage road? I don't own the Mount Big Chief topo, and naturally thats the one I need. Could you elaborate?Dancesatmoonrise wrote:Any of the Springs guys know how Almagre is looking right now?
Me and a friend would like to ride mountain bikes up it in the next few days, and while there's a fair amount of snow at elevation, a lot of wheelers go up the route; With the sun and warm temps recently, we're thinking it could be melted out. Anyone been up there lately? TIA.
-Jim