Almagre

[Dancesatmoonrise]

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

[ryguy79]

I haven't been up there recently, but it sure looks snowy up there from town.

[womanhiker]

I would have to agree with the above post. It looks pretty snowy up there. I wouldn't want to take a bike up.

[England]

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

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?

[CO Native]

14" of snow at 11,500.

[dcbates80911]

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.

[England]

Once you get into the bowl around the old damn and up towards the summit,

"old damn", you said a bad word.

[dcbates80911]

Once you get into the bowl around the old damn and up towards the summit,

"old damn", you said a bad word.

oops....I meant dam.

[fox_inthesnow]

Mt. Big Chief Quad
Explore it here:
http://listsofjohn.com/PeakStats/QMap.php?Q=11216

[England]

Mt. Big Chief Quad
Explore it here:
http://listsofjohn.com/PeakStats/QMap.php?Q=11216

Thanks so much!!!

[SarahSimon]

For comparison, there was about a foot of snow on Cheynne Mountain (9er) this past Sunday 1st November:


http://www.summitpost.org/view_object.php?object_id=570498&context_id=154697

And from the MacNiel trail, Almagre looked to have a decent blanket of snow on it:


http://www.summitpost.org/image/570544/154697/almagre-pikes-from-macniel-trail.html

I can't speak as to how the warm temps and sunshine this week have affected snowpack.

Enjoy!

Sarah

[Dancesatmoonrise]

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

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?

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.

[Dancesatmoonrise]

Thanks everyone. We skipped it last week, though I was fortunate enough to get this ride in earlier this Fall before the snow.

For any true penitents out there that crave aerobic suffering, it's hard to top this ride if done from town. The road from the top of Old Stage to the turn in at Frosty's Park is gorgeous. I recommend a weekday, however, as there are too many cars on Old Stage on the weekends in nice weather.

Here's a shot from the September 17th ride:

Fall Ride up Almagre.jpg (199.39 KiB) Viewed 101 times

[Jim Davies]

I drove up Old Stage almost to the Gold Camp intersection this weekend (and hiked the McNeil trail). The road itself is free of snow and ice up to this point, but there's some snow on the shady north-facing portions. The road was kind of muddy and sloppy in places, though; my car is pretty splattered.