Man did we find the Powder... It has been snowing .. Sat the 19th had about a foot of new Powder...  Did some Riding that day...... Sunday the 20th was Windy and Rainy in the Valley....Stayed Home ..... The Meadows Telemetry Site had recorded over 4' of New Snow the 24 Hrs ending 8 AM the 21st....
Harold and I Unloaded at the Owens Ranch on 17, at Noon...at about 2800' elevation in a  Foot of New Snow....  We  headed toward Long Prairie....  Just Short of Long Prairie we stopped for the first  time and I took a  few Pix....at about 3500' elevation... All these Pix  were  taken at  this time...  Knee Deep......Started coming over the Windshields about a  half mile from the Pickups

We stopped to clear things.... Not Stuck yet either

The Snow really was  coverin us up

Harold had to keep movin to keep warm

He's keepin that Sled on the Road....... He  has to work at it like this most of the  time

Thats  the Riding Style that was  the norm for this day.....
We  ended going on to Brooks Meadows, and  on to Little John on Hwy 35
There were about 8 Sleds in the Snow Park.....  They had made  about a  Mile
up to first SwitchBack and had given up.....We were coming down hill so we
made it fine......At Brooks Meadows on our way down we saw that a  couple a
Sleds had come from Billy-Bob SnoPark, to the East
.... and had headed up into the Trees just west of Brooks Meadows...  We  decided
to head up toward High Prairie and Make Sure they had  gotten out of the
Trees OK..  The last place they could have gotten out was Just Above
Horkela Meadows..... I was leading and hadn't noticed Harold jump off the
road and into Horkela Meadows and Sink ......His First Stick.... I was just making
headway myself.....  About 1/2 mile up I saw the Other Sleds had made it out OK..
I Turned up on a Slight Bank and was working toward A wide  turn and run outta
go too..... it took 2  tries after a  bunch of Shovel Work to get headed back... My
First Stick.....I didnt try to measure the New Snow there.... ...... It  was Waist Deep
The Weather was  fair.....We  saw the Sun a  couple a  times  even
Was Snowin most of the  time.....Weather was changing for the worse  and it
was almost White Out..... 50-100' Visibility by  then ..... We Headed Home......
I fell off a  Cornice at one point and Nailed it too hard and went up the bank too
far and got a tree between my Bumper and Ski....  Reverse is nice sometimes.....
No Damage........We Got in about 45 miles on the Odometer..... Had half a  tank of
gas left too....  These Newer Big Mtrs do really quite well in Mileage dept
I'm Sorry....... I didnt get   any more Pix after the First Stop.....  We were
concentrating on riding most of the time and Trying to clear our Goggles and
Warming Our Gloves to think of Pictures....  Damnit..... and  there were some
good shots to be had too.......Maybe Next Time.......................