Black Hills Condition 2
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Another 2 inches of snow at Hardy last night. Lots of blowing and drifting snow today. Had my first stuck of the season, although it did not help with the boat anchor of a sled that was tied to my bumper dragging me off the drifted trail into a hole. Went out tonight to deliver a tie rod and tools to one of the groomers who snapped a tie rod end on the snow-cat.
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Do not I repeat do not take a trailer over 12' off the main hwy road in deadwood or lead. You can leave your trailer up at trailshead just tell Bob or Sandy you plan on leaving it there over night..
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CTK, we've stayed at both Deadwood Gulch and Super 8 right on the edge of town several times with a crew cab dually truck and 35' enclosed and never had anything to worry about. Both are nice and clean, plus never had to move the truck all weekend with the shuttle service and cabs to get around town. The trail runs directly to both parking lots. We are thinking of heading up next weekend.
W
somebody who is going up tomorrow should definitely take some pics. I'm going through withdrawals over here on the East side!
I'm headed up tomorrow I will throw the gopro on and put a short video up for those who can't make it out
here is a few from today!!
sorry don't know why they are turned sideways on a few.
sorry don't know why they are turned sideways on a few.
just as well go here way it looks, not sure why we are passing by and going to the snowys 
B
was wondering if they have been getting any fresh snow and is it all ridin out or is there plenty.
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80 % of the snowmobiles in the Black hills ride trails only from my experience. Of the 20% that go off trail 10% stay approximately 1/2 to a mile of the trail. So you should be able to find some untouched snow is what I am telling you.
just wondering how the snow is holding up looks like it has been a little warm out there?
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Yes.. any mid-week reports? Any snowin the forecast? Headin out tomorrow thru Sunday just wondering
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At this point I am all in, riding fri,sat and sun. Hopefully I will wake up sat morning to a foot of fresh snow. I am not worried, just hope it will be colder than what is predicted.
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I'll be up saturday and sunday.
The warm weather has set up the snow some but there still is powder in the trees. The trails are set up hard but some warmer weather and traffic will fix that. Some of the wind blown drifts in the meadows are hard. Chances of snow for Friday but no snowfall predictions yet.
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I was there last weekend and was very pleased with the conditions. Very good base for off trail, which is seldom the case in the Hills. And I was very surprised at the lack of traffic, especially off trail. Hopefully they keep getting snow!
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Trail 7
Has anyone been down trail 7 to the Super8 motel in Lead? That usually is the first trail to melt down and was just wondering if it is still ridable. Also would like to ride 5T to Terry Peak. I see the snow is in good shape in the hills.
Has anyone been down trail 7 to the Super8 motel in Lead? That usually is the first trail to melt down and was just wondering if it is still ridable. Also would like to ride 5T to Terry Peak. I see the snow is in good shape in the hills.
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Rode today. The truth is the snow is not very good, Snow depth is 18 inches to 24. It does have a base so you can tractor up any slope without having to get into throttle , We did find some good spots and had fun carving and picking way through the trees. I guess its much better than ditch riding or river running but not really worth the time and money to travel imho. If you want to put on 200 miles a day trail riding I would recommend coming out for that, trails are in excellent condition.
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