Skipper

Clear and cold boys.

Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 54.

Friday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 35.

Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 59.

Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 37.

Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 61.

Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 38.

SKidder

Because of the snow forcast my work has changed the schedule, I hate being a slave to the ski industry. I might still go depending on what happens with this storm and with my workload. Mad rush to get some summer projects wrapped up.

Good news is the wheeling will be interesting for you guys.

Hoooper

storms not going to be that great, all the snow will be gone by Friday. Where do you work?

Hoooper

and in other recent news...Im going to call later and make sure

Hoooper

alright, so the campgrounds are in fact closed, but camping is still permitted with a pack in/pack out deal. No water or other services are at the campgrounds so be prepared for that.

Skipper

So I am not willing to throw in the towel just yet.

My wife will not go for no toilet facilities. So that being said I have found that the Lake Alpine Resort is still reanting cabins and tents (No heat in the tents) so we will be oppting for this route. http://www.lakealpineresort.com/accomodations.html

I am open to other sugestions but I quickly found this and while more money than I was expecting to pay is workable for us.

Skipper

OH yeah, the weather is going to be great!!!!!
Skidder next week will be sunny. We still have time to get those laast minute things done before winter really starts.

Here you go:

Thursday: A 40 percent chance of snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 39. Light and variable wind. Little or no snow accumulation expected.

Thursday Night: A 20 percent chance of snow showers before 11pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 27. Calm wind becoming east northeast between 6 and 9 mph.

Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 49.

Friday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 37.

Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 57.

Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 40.

Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 59.

Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 40.

Columbus Day: Mostly sunny, with a high near 61.

Hoooper

ill be transient camping at the trail head I do believe. I dont know if the snow is going to make it as far south as the trail, but with the top of DV being over 8000 feet, there is a chance of there being some there.

SKidder

I work for Sugarbowl resort... Last night we picked up almost a foot of snow at 7000. We only expect a few more inches from the rest of this storm. But that being said I don't think our snow is gonna be fully melted off by the weekend, and ebbits pass is at 8000+ elevation so I doubt theirs will either. Sorry to tell you this.

On an more cheerful note... We could wheel at a lower elevation. Bear valley would be nice. I know other trails that will have snow on them but be doable. Could even put you guys up... Let me know.

I talked my way out of working this weekend on the off chance I would still head to slickrock... I will def be wheeling around home. Snow wheeling is awesome!

Hoooper

yeah, i just check the webcam for bear valley and it is PUKING at their base (for early October). Slick rock base is pretty much the same elevation as Bear Valley, maybe a little below where their base actually is, but I guarantee its dumping there too. Doubt its going to melt off, I was thinking Bear Valley would be lucky to get any, but they already have 10" so...

Im still down to go, and snow wheel, and camp there though. In fact I am planning on it and if you guys are down to snow wheel then I think we should still get out there.

Hoooper

Here is more or less what the campground looks like today (this is the bear valley base)

SKidder

Yup that's what it looks like at sugarbowl... It's way too early for snow!

Hoooper

no such thing as too early for snow. Im thinking about strapping up the ski rack for the camping trip and putting down some fresh tracks if there is any snow left. Probably will need to see another 10" at bear valley for me to do that though

Skipper

I got this from a guy that was coming with us that lives in Angels Camp.

The Hwy4 gate that is between Bear Valley and Lake Alpine in closed for the winter. So the pass between Bear Valley and Markleville is closed for the winter. The trailhead by Lake Alpine, where Tim and I started our trip, is inaccessible from Lake Alpine Hwy 4.

So the way we were going over the hill from Hwy 89 is closed. The gate is locked for the Slick Rock run from Lake Alpine.
Anybody see a thyme here?

Hoooper

I dont think that road will be closed yet. I think we need to make a call tomorrow to see if they are going to be open or not. Whether the trail is even possible will depend on the amount of snow they get today