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Heliotrope Road/trail info?
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04 Mar 2015 09:29 #224089
by Don Heath
Heliotrope Road/trail info? was created by Don Heath
Does anyone have a recent status of the Heliotrope road and trail?
Alternatively - Ptarmigan Ridge? Or Hannegan pass?
Life is a smorgasboard! ;D
Alternatively - Ptarmigan Ridge? Or Hannegan pass?
Life is a smorgasboard! ;D
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04 Mar 2015 09:41 #224090
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I don't imagine much has changed.
www.turns-all-year.com/skiing_snowboardi...ex.php?topic=33672.0
www.turns-all-year.com/skiing_snowboardi...ex.php?topic=33672.0
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04 Mar 2015 13:38 #224093
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I expect that if there is any snow on Glacier Creek Road it is very thin at the trailhead (<1"). There might be remnants from an old berm that was supposed to mark the end of the road for wheeled vehicles but the berm has probably melted and the sign fallen over by now. My fiance was up there at the end of January and reported not much of a berm left.
Hannegan Pass road was gated not far from the hwy, it's worth a call to the ranger station to check on that unless someone else has more recent info.
Ptarmigan Ridge starts from Heather Meadows, I know there is a bit of bare pavement showing in the ski area but it's probably not too bad.
Skyline Divide is probably driveable to the TH too.
This link might help:
www.fs.usda.gov/detail/mbs/home/?cid=stelprdb5150431
Hannegan Pass road was gated not far from the hwy, it's worth a call to the ranger station to check on that unless someone else has more recent info.
Ptarmigan Ridge starts from Heather Meadows, I know there is a bit of bare pavement showing in the ski area but it's probably not too bad.
Skyline Divide is probably driveable to the TH too.
This link might help:
www.fs.usda.gov/detail/mbs/home/?cid=stelprdb5150431
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16 Mar 2015 17:19 #224206
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Was up there friday the 13th - snow doesn't start until ~5k (i.e. not even a small patch of snow on the road). We tried to do the winter approach, bad idea and nasty schwack as we did not expect to see such high snow levels.
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