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5 days ago

It's Wednesday, Hump-Day, October 17th and here's your 3,000 ft, mid-week trail condition update...

Right now, it's all about "aspect" & "elevation". The lower elevation trails in Round Valley, Lost Prospector, Glenwild, etc, are slowly drying out on exposed & south facing aspects but as soon as the trail veers into the shady, protected, north-facing stuff, you'll still find melting snow and pockets of mud(some 30ft or longer).

Skid Row up to & including the north-facing sections of Lost Prospector are a sloppy mix of snow and mud. Once south of the Masonic intersection on LP, you'll find tacky to dry conditions and that will likely be the case in the Gambel Oaks & Solamere Connector zones. Masonic, being north-facing, will likely be greasy.

My guess is that the Hwy 40 side trails, (Rambler, Kari's, High Side & Rusty Shovel) will be variable with large pockets of mud, while the south-facing trails,(Somewhere/Nowhere Elks, Matt's Flat), west/ORR side(Rademan, Rambler, Happy Gilmor & Tin Man)should be mostly G2G.

Again, any north-facing aspect will be holding moisture(the north side of Pulp Friction and lower Rambler just above Ramble On are really bad!). We did a quick hike up Happy Gilmor to the Tin Man intersection from the N. Round Valley trailhead late yesterday and found a few pockets of mud but it was mostly tacky to dry up to that point.

As you climb up into the 7,500-8,000 ft zone, you'll definitely run into snow and melting snow/mud. Silver Spur, Spiro and Armstrong are definitely NOT "good to go" right now(see photos). Mid Mountain above the Montage is still holding a good bit of snow with exposed areas that are melting out by mid-day, creating some super-sloppy conditions.

Above 8,000 ft there is still a good bit of snow/melting snow.

So, in summary, stick to the lower elevation, exposed and south-facing aspects. If you're jonesing to get on the mid to upper elevation trails, get out early, when frozen and be off the trails by NO LATER than 10am. The same goes for the protected, north-facing areas like Skid Row/Lost Prospector & Freemason.

We're seeing a lot of trail damage out there right now which is a real bummer! PLEASE be kind to YOUR trails! ... See MoreSee Less

Its Wednesday, Hump-Day, October 17th and heres your 3,000 ft, mid-week trail condition update...

Right now, its all about aspect & elevation. The lower elevation trails in Round Valley, Lost Prospector, Glenwild, etc, are slowly drying out on exposed & south facing aspects but as soon as the trail veers into the shady, protected, north-facing stuff, youll still find melting snow and pockets of mud(some 30ft or longer).

Skid Row up to & including the north-facing sections of Lost Prospector are a sloppy mix of snow and mud. Once south of the Masonic intersection on LP, youll find tacky to dry conditions and that will likely be the case in the Gambel Oaks & Solamere Connector zones. Masonic, being north-facing, will likely be greasy.

My guess is that the Hwy 40 side trails, (Rambler, Karis, High Side & Rusty Shovel) will be variable with large pockets of mud, while the south-facing trails,(Somewhere/Nowhere Elks, Matts Flat), west/ORR side(Rademan, Rambler, Happy Gilmor & Tin Man)should be mostly G2G.

Again, any north-facing aspect will be holding moisture(the north side of Pulp Friction and lower Rambler just above Ramble On are really bad!). We did a quick hike up Happy Gilmor to the Tin Man intersection from the N. Round Valley trailhead late yesterday and found a few pockets of mud but it was mostly tacky to dry up to that point.

As you climb up into the 7,500-8,000 ft zone, youll definitely run into snow and melting snow/mud. Silver Spur, Spiro and Armstrong are definitely NOT good to go right now(see photos). Mid Mountain above the Montage is still holding a good bit of snow with exposed areas that are melting out by mid-day, creating some super-sloppy conditions.

Above 8,000 ft there is still a good bit of snow/melting snow.

So, in summary, stick to the lower elevation, exposed and south-facing aspects. If youre jonesing to get on the mid to upper elevation trails, get out early, when frozen and be off the trails by NO LATER than 10am. The same goes for the protected, north-facing areas like Skid Row/Lost Prospector & Freemason.

Were seeing a lot of trail damage out there right now which is a real bummer! PLEASE be kind to YOUR trails!

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I just tried riding Round Valley (Wed, 10/17 @ noon) and found sticking to the double track the way to go. I first went to the Trailside trailhead and someone had just made out 1/4 mile before having to turn around due to mud. So I went to Quinn's. Matt's Flat, the Practice Loop, and Somewhere Elks were good. Everything else is muddy and shouldn't be ridden, as confirmed by other riders who also gave up, rather than damaging the trails. I did a couple of loops on the figure 8 at Quinn's and then went home.

Any idea about road to Arcylon?

MTF, are those photos from Wed morning?

Thank you Mountain Trails!. I was out for run yesyerday and 95% dry with a few soft sections. One 4 ft section with mud and lots of tire damage on Tin Man. Rambler, La dee Dah, Tin Man and Happy Gilmore.

Rambler yesterday was a no go due to deep mud in many spots. Today another rider said downward dog and upper porcuclimb were a no go. A section of valeoroad off 101 was awful. Had to turn around -lots of damage from other users 😭. Cove trailhead via RVE to camis, matts flat, & 101 were all good. If anyone knows of dry single track- please LMK!!

Give them a break already !!!I can’t even hike the majority of the trails less seeing all these people on their bikes it’s unbelievable and trust me I wanna ride my bike

Biked Dutch Hollow today. Def on the verge of NOT being GTG. We don't think we left ruts, but it took too long to clean the bike off

Thanks for the updates!

Ok, it's been a while since I lived in PC and I only follow this page to give me trail envy. But when the hell did Buffalo make their way to PC?

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