NW WA Meet / BS Thread

Keechelus. HWY 2 may be iffy, as the river is supposed to crest Friday morning I think. Game to go! Or Salmon Le Sac, or even Teanaway ridge, although that might be a bit steep for snow.

 

I dont really care where we go. I think off i-90 might be a better choice though.

Not that it applies to much for us, but the snowpack is really being a pain in the butt! Buddy was up at Stevens on the backside and set of a small slide. Nothing major but 8" crown and was 20 feet wide or so. Only ran for ~50 feet but still. He reported it to the ski patrol and they said that was happening all over. Hopefully after this storm we can get a week of stable weather for everything to settle down.

 

I'd be in for somewhere off I-90 somewhere.

NWAC was reporting crazy avy conditions.

 

I am down to go if conditions permit, but I'm new to the snow, so not sure my truck is prepared for it.

 

I might be up for this as well, Devin!

 

Sounds like a plan, seems like we have a bunch more North end guys starting to pop up.

I would probably be in for some snow this Saturday

 

I may be interested in going out Saturday. For whatever reason I am not getting alerts from this thread anymore- I'll try to remember to check back.

 

I'm definitely in for more snow after Tuesday. Anyone interested for a run somewhere in the Wednesday to Friday range?

 

I imagine you don't mean later today... =)

If I don't go Saturday, next week would be very attractive. We're watching my sister and brother in-law's dog, so any excuse to get away. I hate pugs.

 

Uh, definitely no. I just got off work, and I'm tired like a little baby.

I'm gonna try to work a lot till the end of the half so I can buy a trailer. Then after the 15th (tuesday?) work can eff off for a day or two.

 

I don't know what that means. What type of trailer?

 

Sorry... Lots of hours for lots of money, so I can buy a cargo trailer because I can't haul shit tons of stuff in my taco. Also, I'm gonna add a wood stove and bunks to my little cargo trailer for camping.

 

Sounds like there is enough interest for a snow run on Saturday the 12th... so this can be the official-unofficial post. I'm planning on going out I-90 up Keechelus Ridge, which is the Hyak/Stampede Pass exit #62. Then up NF-4934. I have a couple buddies tentatively planning on coming with, one in a built '85 pickup on 35s and the other in a '14 Tacoma on 35s. Thinking of meeting at the North Bend Safeway at around 8:30-9:00am and pulling out by 9:30am... any other input is welcome!

I would also say that depending on conditions, if you're planning to come you please be willing to air down to a reasonable pressure for the snow...

Attached is a map of the area, the drop pin is at the top where the Hyak radio tower is.

 

10psi?
12psi?

 

I guess I could go from 43psi to 38, but not a pound more!!!!

 

Lol!!! You'd be surprised... I tagged along with a friend last year on a snow run and like 6 other rigs, all of them relatively new to snow wheeling, and none of them were willing to air down past 20 psi in fear of losing a bead... So we spent all day playing with shovels and snatch straps. So I figured including that would be helpful haha wasn't meant to offend anyone! Changed it to a "please" lol

 

10psi would be good! I typically run around 7-5psi in the snow... I have a decent compressor other can use to air back up. Not the fastest but it works!

 

Sweet lets get a north side meet going again!

 

sigh lol I go down to 10 even in the summer and haven't had an issue yet. I might go but not sure. We were just playing off that exit last Saturday and had a great time.

 

It looks like the same road we were on last week but farther up.