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Happy Jack Ski Trails

There are three parking areas for access to the Pole Mountain Ski Trails: Tie City, Happy Jack Trailhead, and immediately east of the Summit.

Here's the map, showing the access point

Conditions:
3-29-09 - from Amber Travsky: The ski season continues! Trails have been groomed with a few classic tracks set. The snow was surprisingly good and even soft, although there are icy segments here and there and a few bare patches. Great skiing, though!

Located 10 miles east of Laramie, off Interstate 80 via the Happy Jack Road, at the Lincoln Monument exit.

Other Pole Mountain:no report:

Click here to go to a road map

Hats off to the volunteers with the Medicine Bow Nordic Association for grooming efforts.
To Dog Owners: Remember to SCOOP THE POOP!- even in the parking lot!!

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Medicine Bow Mountains (Snowy Range) Conditions

Past year's high and low snow stake measures:
11/19/05 - 19 inches
2/04/06 - 58 inches

Measures for the 2006-2007 season:
10/22/06 - 14 inches
12/03/06 - 17 inches
12/30/06 - 30 inches
1/21/07 - 36 inches
2/25/07 - 36 inches (estimate)

Measures for the 2007-2008 season:
12/08/07 - 29 inches
12/20/07 - 22 inches
12/22/07 - 29 inches
2/02/08 - 53 inches
3/09/08 - 47 inches
4/12/08 - 56 inches

Measures for the 2008-2009 season:
1/11/09 - 30 inches
1/24/09 - 34 inches
1/25/09 - 43 inches (by 10 a.m. and still snowing!)
3/15/09 - 48 inches
4/19/09 - 62 inches

Click here for a general map of the northern Snowy Range routes
Click here for information on the Snowy Range Nordic routes (article by A. Travsky)

Green Rock Area - 4-19-09 from Amber Travsky: The snow hath fallen! Awesome. The stake measures 62 inches but there is more in drifted areas. The piles of snow in the parking lot (which WAS plowed!) is as high as the roof of the outhouse.
Snow conditions, alas, are distinctly spring-like. I started early with great conditions and went mostly off-trail with a hard crust. Then it got softer and softer and was sticking to my skis pretty badly at times. Still, the snow was great for touring. Doing turns down an open slope would have been tricky with the snow more like mashed potatoes than powder.

Barber Lake - See above for Green Rock:

Upper Potholes Trails - 4/13/09 from Andy Bryson: I skied the Pot Holes Trail on Easter Sunday. There was a firm base and 1-2" new on top of that and snowing moderately. Great kick and glide and good coverage (even the lower meadows). With new snow later this week and cool temps it should be fabulous skiing this coming weekend.

Lower Highway 130 - no report:

Centennial Ridge - no report

Sand Lake Road -no report

Lower Potholes Trails - no report

Libby Creek Trail - 4-19-09 from Amber Travsky: The trail has been packed, mostly by snowshoers. It has a good base. There's no HINT even of bare ground or logs/rocks.

Sally Creek Trail and beyond - See above for Libby Creek


Chimney Park and WyoColo Area

Click here for a Web cam at WyColo Lodge - with weather conditions
Click here for a map of the Chimney Park trails (in pdf format)
Click here for a general map of the southern Snowy Range routes
3-08-09 from Jim Robinson: As of Sunday, March 8, 2009: The trail system received about two inches of new snow Friday and Saturday. Weather conditions at 9:30 a.m. were still winter-like with a trailhead temperature of 25 degrees (F) and windy. Skiing conditions were very good with classic tracks in place. A moose was spotted along the Woods Creek Trail. It appears that the trails haven't been groomed in several weeks.
There is grooming by the USFS on as "as possible" basis for the 2008-2009 season.
Trail
Letter
Loop Name
Difficulty
Length
Condition
Groomed for
Skate
Groomed for
Classic
Date
J
Jelm View
More difficult
3.8 mi
No Report
no
no
--
W
Woods Ck
Easiest
2.9 mi
No Report
no
no
--
P
Porter
Easiest
4.9 mi
No Report
no
no
--
L
Lodgepole
More Difficult
3.6 mi
No Report
No
no
--

Mountain Home and WyColo Area:no report:

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Backcountry

More Backcountry and Groomed Areas

no report:

Snow Mountain Ranch:No report.

Devil's Thumb:No report.

Rabbit Ears Pass:No report

Steamboat Area: http://www.steamboatxcski.org/grooming.php

Steamboat Nordic Center: http://www.nordicski.net/

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Snow Report Contributors

This site is maintained by Amber Travsky.
To date (and covering a couple years), the following individuals have contributed snow reports:
Rich Vincent
David Nelson
Eric Wiltse
Kathy Muthig
Ken Driessel
Ed Sherline
Jerome Lee
Jay Jurkowitsch
Jill Robinson
Nancy Hansen
Cat Martin
Bart Geertz
Josef Pohl
Kali McCrackin
Peggy McCrackin
Mikell Platt
Wally Chesbro
Rich Magill
Sue Niezgoda
Mary Brownson
Bill Young
Andy Bryson
Jim Robinson
Dave Perry
Mikell Platt
Jerome Lee
Sam Campbell

Other Links - Skiing and Weather Info

Ski Groups and Organizations
Weather Conditions and Forecasts
Snotel and other Snow Measures
Medicine Bow Nordic Association
Wyoming Doppler Radar
Crow Creek Snotel
Cheyenne Ski Club
Rural Albany Co Weather Forecast
Brooklyn Lake Snotel
Ski Colorado Ski Areas
Rural Carbon Co Weather Forecast
Cinnabar Park Snotel
Snowy Range Ski Area
Laramie Weather Forecast
Sand Lake Snotel
Medicine Bow Nordic Ski Patrol
Vedauwoo Weather Station
University of Wyoming Nordic Skiing
Wyoming DOT Road Report
Colorado Avalanche Information Center
NOAA Weather Forecasts
Beaver Meadows Conditions
DayWeather Forecasts
Bridger-Teton Avalanche Center
Web Cams
Web cam at Keystone - Snowy Range
Summit I-80 Web Cam
Web cam looking towards Snowy Range from Laramie
Another view of the Snowy Range
Centennial from the Mountain View Hotel
Fox Park Web cam
Wy-Colo Lodge
Rob Roy Reservoir
Hog Park Reservoir
Elk Mountain Hotel
Old Faithful
Arlington
Snowy Mt Lodge
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Post a Report

If you have a snow condition to report, please send via email to Amber Travsky.
Please include your full name.
Information that is submitted may be used for the Wyoming Tribune-Eagle (Cheyenne's newspaper) ski and snow report. If you don't want your report published there, please say so in your email.
To post a report contact:

Amber Travsky
mailboxatravsky@wyoming.com
(307) 742-5840<.H5>

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Happy Jack Trail Map

Trail Map
This map provided by the Medicine Bow Nordic Association
Due to the size of the map and the limited size of the scanner, parts of the map are not included.
Pick up a copy at the trailhead kiosk.
Road Map

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