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[QUOTE="HighDesert, post: 877939, member: 51317"] Hey again, I know everyone has the conditions weighing heavily on their mind. Not only that but I am certain that quite a few of you most likely have large sums of money riding on this (good one). So I went ahead and checked it out this afternoon, my dog needed some exercise anyway. I will be as honest as possible and try not to get anyone's hopes up or down. It is still your decision, and we do have a full 2 weeks. Basically, there is still quite a bit of snow on the ground. The staging area is completely covered with about 3-6 inches depending on where you are at, no visible dirt. Although, all the trails that wind through the rocky areas directly across from the little ravine behind the staging area were perfectly clear as they get a more direct angle from the sun. Believe it or not, but there were a few brave souls out riding today. I counted 7 bikes, 3 of those arriving when I was leaving. In my earlier post I stated that the weather today was supposed to be all overcast and cold. It wasn't. It was almost like yesterday with only partly cloudy conditions in the lower 40's, so there was more melting going on as evidenced buy the little streams that formed in the ruts on the road that lead up to the staging area. I mentioned the clear trails around the rocks. Well, I got there as 2 guys were about to fire up and take off. One was on a YZ-125 and the other younger fellow was on what looked to be a TTR-125L. The kid on the 125L takes off while the other guy was still warming up and proceeds to totally biff about 75 yards away, still in the staging area, no harm done though. The comedy continues, the guy on the YZ can't get any grip to save his life, he finally makes it out to the packed-snow covered road and is basically still spinning and foot pushin the whole time, he then slides off to the side and sinks in. About this time I caught up to him as I was walking up the road with my dog. I talked to him for a second and he made a comment about "should have put on that new rear tire". Yep. By this point his buddy is slowly coming back down the road and precedes to make the same comment, as he did have a new tire and was having a little bit better luck by this point. I pointed out the clear trails across from the ravine, they then went off that way to join the guy I had just seen a moment ago tearing it up over there on a 450 EXC. OK, so now the point. After going over to that side, which is followed by a large slow incline that is facing the sun, they were gone. I couldn't hear the bikes after a few minutes. So maybe they found some trails on that large sloped area (several square miles) and were off. I don't really know. Now let us discuss the road conditions. Winnemucca ranch road is perfectly clear. The entrance road leading to Moonrocks is clear also until about 200 yards before the staging area, then it becomes snow. The problem is all of the connecting roads in the riding area that I saw are still packed snow, and slippery. I didn't make it as far as that second large staging area on the left, before the road turns sharp right, because as I started to crest on the large flat section well before the down slope I saw a good exposed area on the left (that small spot were people sometimes stage) to turn around and I took advantage of it (I didn't want to get my truck stuck even only that far in, with not many people around). Understand that this was all uphill while headed south, away from the sun's angle. So maybe as you go down after the top of the rise it is melted on the sun sloped side. I will certainly tell you by next Saturday evening. It seems that it would all depend on the following statement. I am sure that there are rideable areas even right now, the problem is linking them all together. Watching the other guys out there today I wish I had my bike with me. But, I am not a beginner and I could put-put through the snow sections with not much trouble. Honestly though, if it is going to be just like what I saw today it would have been a crappy ride. I am hoping for the best. Like Strick has stated in another post, if we could get some normal weather around here (mild and all sunny) it will probably be mostly melted in 3 or 4 days. Here is my zip code to use for a weather search, it is close enough. 89436 Although, don't trust it very much because this place is kind of hard for them to predict because of the elevation changes and weird weather patterns, as evidenced by today's incorrect forecast. If it says precipitation, I would just ignore it. You must remember that the local storm that brought us all this snow was the largest on record since I think 1916, so I don't see anymore moisture between now and two weeks. Mostly, we just want it to melt as much as possible. I will update again in a couple days as to how warm it was, and how much sun we are having. Also, I will go out Saturday morning and report again after that. Hope this helps, keep your fingers crossed. Jamie K. [/QUOTE]
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