Triple Bypass 2011 NEW DATE -Aug 20-

[ajax]

running up taylor tomorrow i ll try take some pics and get up to the lakes!

 

[ajax]

made it to the upper lake started hitting snow, the top is still snowed in bout 20ft tall mound on the uppper road lower road is snowed in before the switch back

 

[ajax]

also the river is now harder a big boulder rolled down into the exit if your stock you will have to drive up into the waterfall now, and the exit is more dug out

 

[cool breeze]

I've been dying for some mountain passes since I moved here. Not a member of Rising sun but been a mud member for years. Is it cool if we join you all?

 

[Romer]

I've been dying for some mountain passes since I moved here. Not a member of Rising sun but been a mud member for years. Is it cool if we join you all?

anyone can join us. In fact you have to attend an event before you can be a member

 

[OilHammer]

I'm tentatively in. Got a hall pass from the wife for a couple days away, but we'll see how it shakes out when it rolls around.

 

[Old40Dog]

I'm tentatively in. Got a hall pass from the wife for a couple days away, but we'll see how it shakes out when it rolls around.

Hope to see you there Barry! Wife is not going this year, but hope to have some of the big kido's with me though!

 

[FJ40zen]

Looking more positive for me to make it. Cruiser is done and ready to go. Actually, I am looking forward to it. I may be at Dorchester after dark on Friday night the 12th, but the trip is do-able. I am going topless/bikini & 1/2 doors.

Uncle Ben - you in?

 

[ajax]

i c ya again wes prob sat morn, ill try to find out if they r going to open williams, the forest service gives the key to the local club to make the call on when it opens

 

[subzali]

I would love to go on this one again. We'll see. I would be up for surprise wheeling too if I can go.

Gonna have to back out of this one...does anyone have a feel for whether Pearl Pass will even open this year?

 

[DanS]

Gonna have to back out of this one...does anyone have a feel for whether Pearl Pass will even open this year?

When I flew over it two days ago there were some BIG drifts left in the area. It was just cloudy enough I couldn't find Pearl and Taylor passes, but the area in general didn't (yet) look passable.

I'm still a "maybe." But getting closer... I won't know until next week.

Dan

 

[wesintl]

bush ducks said there were some drifts 2 mi from the top aspen side. I might postpone it a week. 3 weeks should be enough to melt it off the road. hopefully

 

[cool breeze]

Very cool and thanks for the invite!
Where is the meeting spot for this?

 

[Uncle Ben]

Looking more positive for me to make it. Cruiser is done and ready to go. Actually, I am looking forward to it. I may be at Dorchester after dark on Friday night the 12th, but the trip is do-able. I am going topless/bikini & 1/2 doors.

Uncle Ben - you in?

Not sure....gonna go somewhere that week but that weekend is not looking very friendly.

 

[wesintl]

I'm going to move this 1 week out due to snow on pearl pass. New Date is AUG 20. I don't know if pearl will be open by then but we'll go 100% anyway.

I'll have a backup plan for some different trails regardless.






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[ttubb]

That would make a hell of a Birthday wheeling day for me. I'm going to try to make it this year

Corbet, now you will have to move your Birthday to the 20th..

 

[RockOn]

Can't do the weekend of the 20th, oh well. Have fun!

 

[wesintl]

Sorry, RockOn. Maybe next year. Pearl is still impassable

Per bushducks
8/7/11 - No. We traveled from Crested Butte up the trail up to about .5 miles from the summit. A large snow drift blocked the trail. It was unpassable. We could see the summit easily. FRUSTRATING!!!! Conditions were very good right up until the snow blocking the trail. Creek Crossings were no deeper than 18in. Trail was mostly dry with the exception of some areas with flowing water from snow melt.

I'm hoping it'll be clear by the 20th but that is still questionable.

 

[DanS]

I'm hoping it'll be clear by the 20th but that is still questionable.

Judging from what I can see on other passes that were clearly impassable a week or two ago (at least, from my seat 4 miles above them), they are now entirely free of snow. It's melting fast up there, and while I could find PEarl yesterday (stupid cloud in my way) all of the ridges in the area were clearing up rapidly from what I saw last week.

Dan

 

[Old40Dog]

Thanks for the update Wes. I'm on for the 19th-21st.