Kit Carson Conditions

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BrenAuer237
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Kit Carson Conditions

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Has anyone been in the Willow Lake area recently and would be willing to give an update on snow conditions (specifically for KC)? I'm thinking about giving KC/Challenger a go sometime this week and trying to gauge whether the avenue would be filled in or not.
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Re: Kit Carson Conditions

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I have no firsthand look, but I would expect that the Avenue has at least some snow. The past 4 or so years I have observed that any snow in the avenue from the first storm or two of the season lingers until summer. The winds blow it in thick there and it doesn't get a ton of sunlight. Last year I crossed the avenue in waist deep snow the week after the big labor day storm, but everything else in the South Colony basin was dry. However, we have had a pretty dry start, so there's a slim chance its not completely loaded up. Hopefully someone will have some firsthand looks
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Re: Kit Carson Conditions

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Heyooo heres a photo of the south side of KC from Columbia Point this past Tuesday

https://imgur.com/a/SpXhnSs
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Re: Kit Carson Conditions

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zootloopz wrote: Fri Nov 19, 2021 1:06 pm Heyooo heres a photo of the south side of KC from Columbia Point this past Tuesday

https://imgur.com/a/SpXhnSs
Thank you. Looks like there is indeed some snow on the avenue
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Re: Kit Carson Conditions

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BrenAuer237 wrote: Fri Nov 19, 2021 7:33 pm
zootloopz wrote: Fri Nov 19, 2021 1:06 pm Heyooo heres a photo of the south side of KC from Columbia Point this past Tuesday

https://imgur.com/a/SpXhnSs
Thank you. Looks like there is indeed some snow on the avenue
Looks super passable though. Doesn't look like the kind of snow that would really inhibit travel
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