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Sugarloafers forum » Recent Topics http://forum.sugarloafers.com/ The official forum of the Sugarloafers Snowmobile Club en Sun, 05 Sep 2010 16:04:39 +0000 Assault800 on "'96 Aluminum Triton 2-Place Trailer - SOLD!" http://forum.sugarloafers.com/topic/for-sale-95-aluminum-triton-2-place-trailer#post-177 Mon, 14 Jun 2010 14:46:13 +0000 Assault800 177@http://forum.sugarloafers.com/ SOLD! <strike>FOR SALE: 1996 Triton Lite, aluminum, tilt, two place trailer. New deck and recently re-placed tires (including the spare). New rear LED lights. New plastic ski guides. Nice trailer, easy to tow! Selling because we bought an enclosed trailer. $1500.00 OBO (661) 203-8836</strike> fitzmobetta on "2001 RMK 800 Low Miles" http://forum.sugarloafers.com/topic/2001-rmk-800-low-miles#post-178 Mon, 09 Aug 2010 08:37:53 +0000 fitzmobetta 178@http://forum.sugarloafers.com/ This is a 2001 Rmk 800.1400 miles. 156 track all stock except it has a 3 inch bar riser. Sled is super clean and well maintained. Asking $3500 o.b.o. contact Armand @ 661-201-2332 or <a href="mailto:Armand_dpc@yahoo.com">Armand_dpc@yahoo.com</a> donbrown on "Snowed at Greenhorn today 29 Apr 2010" http://forum.sugarloafers.com/topic/snowed-at-greenhorn-today-29-apr-2010#post-174 Thu, 29 Apr 2010 17:48:49 +0000 donbrown 174@http://forum.sugarloafers.com/ Snowed about 3 inches and was sticking at the CalTrans facility by Alta Sierra donbrown on "Ride 23 24 25 April Sherman Pass" http://forum.sugarloafers.com/topic/ride-23-24-25-april-sherman-pass#post-169 Tue, 20 Apr 2010 23:05:39 +0000 donbrown 169@http://forum.sugarloafers.com/ Was there last weekend 18 April. Lots of snow between unloading and the Yurt. Anybody want to ride? donbrown on "Sherman Pass Grooming" http://forum.sugarloafers.com/topic/sherman-pass-grooming#post-115 Wed, 10 Feb 2010 09:20:41 +0000 donbrown 115@http://forum.sugarloafers.com/ Sherman Pass to be groomed Sat 13 Sun 14 Monday 15. First priority is to make sure parking. Then groom to Blackrock station then 111 112 113 and maybe 109 110 then Monday 103 116 104 donbrown on "Avalanche Big Iron Shoot Out Revelstoke 2 Dead 31 injured" http://forum.sugarloafers.com/topic/avalanche-big-iron-shoot-out-revelstoke-2-dead-31-injured#post-163 Sun, 14 Mar 2010 22:24:53 +0000 donbrown 163@http://forum.sugarloafers.com/ <a href="http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/100314/national/avalanche_dead_1" rel="nofollow">http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/100314/national/avalanche_dead_1</a> REVELSTOKE, B.C. - What many feared would be one of the worst death tolls ever in the B.C. backcountry appears to be an almost miraculous story of survival. But with the relief at a major catastrophe averted came anger from some in the snowmobiling community who say the two killed - and the real potential there could have been dozens more - should never have happened. "That was shear stupidity," said Brandyn Mears, who works at Powder Petes snowmobile rental shop in Revelstoke. He was referring to witnesses who reported watching the avalanche trigger when a few people attending the annual Big Iron Shoot-Out began high-marking, racing their snowmobiles up the side of the mountain to see who can leave the highest mark and get down safely. Dozens of sledders stopped to watch from what they thought was a safe distance. It wasn't. A towering wall of snow with the force of concrete came tumbling down the mountainside near where a group of 200 was gathered, sweeping spectators and their snowmobiles with it.[/b] Police wouldn't directly say it was the high-markers who caused the avalanche. But those in the snowmobiling community had little doubt. "It's guys with the most expensive sleds out to prove who's best, not to prove who's the safest," said Mears, who noted the first mistake was being out on a snowmobile in avalanche conditions deemed dangerous in the first place. When "a lot of people were ignoring the avalanche risk ... something like this happens," he said. "It's the few bad apples who ruin it for the rest." The massive slide sent 31 to the hospital, one in critical condition. The death toll could easily have risen beyond two but for the quick rescue efforts of fellow snowmobilers. RCMP say they have accounted for all those known to have been on remote Boulder Mountain, in the Monashee Mountains, when the deadly avalanche tumbled down Saturday afternoon. After searching for abandoned vehicles and canvassing hotels in the Revelstoke area, Cpl. Dan Moskaluk said there was nobody that RCMP know of left unaccounted for, and no new reports of missing people. "All the persons we had on these lists of names have been accounted for and have been checked off the lists," Moskaluk told reporters. "We're in a far different situation than we were just over 24 hours ago with a report of over 200 people being possibly affected by this slide. We're very fortunate, albeit though we do have two fatalities as a result of this incident." B.C. Solicitor General Kash Heed, who flew to Revelstoke on Sunday, said because of the search volunteers, "we are fortunate that there weren't many more lives lost in this unfortunate incident." Survivors have described a scene of chaos after the slide. Moskaluk said RCMP believe the slide was triggered by high-marking, but he declined to directly blame the riders, who have not been identified, or say whether they are among the dead. Nor would he say whether they could face charges. Rather, he said only that RCMP and the coroner's service are investigating. The annual event - "big iron" sometimes refers to a snowmobile - is a gathering not sanctioned by any snowmobile club and involves different kinds of skills contests. High-marking isn't uncommon. Some of those gathered on the mountain, possibly including children, were watching as what one witness called "those crazy guys" raced up the mountain. Ben Bassaraba of Fernie, B.C., was recovering in hospital in nearby Kamloops on Sunday. He described being tossed 200 metres by the snow. "I was eating a lunch with a buddy of mine, and I could hear - it sounded like thunder, pretty much, it was really loud. So I looked up and there it was coming and it was probably 30 feet high," he told Kamloops radio station CHNL. He saw others being dragged under by the snow, just as he was eventually overtaken. "Everybody I could see went under. It was so massive, there was nowhere you could go, anyways," Bassaraba said. "I should have been way down deep, I don't know how I ended up on top. I was lucky, but there's people less lucky, that's for sure." [b] Moskaluk said 19 of the 31 injured were released from hospital. Four were transferred to hospitals in Calgary, Kelowna, Kamloops and Vernon, B.C., for treatment of more serious injuries. Two men who witnessed the avalanche said it hit so many people in part because a crowd stopped to watch the high-marking. Steve Langevin, 38, said he thought the crowd was safe from the people he called "those crazy guys" because they were what seemed like kilometres away, but the wave of snow was so massive it easily reached them. His friend, Pierre Beaudoin, 48, said the accident could have been prevented. "We were watching, a whole bunch of people were parking there and then they were watching the high-mark. That's why everybody was stopped there." He said it was irresponsible for the few snowmobilers to run up the mountainside in those conditions, especially with a number of them going up at the same time. "The minute one makes it to the top, oh, the next guy, I could do it, and then it becomes stupid. And it was stupid, they were starting to come from the side, one's coming down and one's going up. "Then everything started going crazy." Despite previous backcountry tragedies, this latest slide shook the town and the entire backcountry community. The Canadian Avalanche Centre had a warning out for the area this weekend that the risk of avalanche was "considerable." Greg Johnson, of the Canadian Avalanche Association that runs the centre based in Revelstoke, said conditions in the B.C. backcountry have been "tricky" for the past six weeks, and got worse after a storm in recent days dumped a heavy load of snow on weak layers underneath. The snow pack was stabilizing but was still "highly unstable" when the slide occurred. "We continue to receive reports of avalanches being triggered this morning, so, the snowpack is still very unstable on a certain part of the terrain where avalanches have not run in the cycle," Johnson told reporters in Revelstoke. Johnson avoided comment on whether the snowmobilers should have been there at all. "We issue our bulletins daily, we update our bulletins daily from the avalanche centre. We also make efforts to send out special information, special avalanche warnings when conditions are conducive to higher risk. We did that the way we normally do," he said. "Whether these people had that information when they went into the mountains, I can't tell. So far this year, there have been far fewer avalanche deaths compared to last winter when there were two dozen. One slide claimed the lives of eight snowmobilers near Fernie, B.C., in December 2008. There were 13 avalanche deaths the previous winter [b] Justin on "Updated Website" http://forum.sugarloafers.com/topic/updated-website#post-155 Sun, 07 Mar 2010 16:07:44 +0000 Justin 155@http://forum.sugarloafers.com/ For technical reasons that I really don't feel like elaborating upon, I became very tired of the website side of sugarloafers.com. It wasn't being used the way I felt it should have been, and doing certain things on it were a lot harder then they should have been. Hence the reason for the updated (more technically, completely new) Sugarloafers site. Perhaps the biggest change is the addition of a <a href="http://sugarloafers.com/pictures.html">photo gallery</a>. With the new backend it is very easy for me to add pictures to the website, so please feel free to <a href="mailto:admin@sugarloafers.com?subject=Pictures">email pictures</a> you have taken to me. <a href="mailto:admin@sugarloafers.com">admin@sugarloafers.com</a> ronholt on "Rode Sherman Sunday" http://forum.sugarloafers.com/topic/rode-sherman-sunday#post-157 Sun, 07 Mar 2010 22:56:09 +0000 ronholt 157@http://forum.sugarloafers.com/ Henry Rivera and I rode Sherman on Saturday. Dug a path to the yurt, which is well supplied. Had lunch at the ranger station. Rode on to 108. Planned to take it on the return, but it was getting late, too late to get stuck. No sign of anyone else having been on that trail for who knows how long. Saw three sleds heading home while at the yurt. Anyone going to Sherman next weekend? skimike on "sherman pass tr" http://forum.sugarloafers.com/topic/sherman-pass-tr#post-133 Mon, 22 Feb 2010 17:34:39 +0000 skimike 133@http://forum.sugarloafers.com/ my wife and I drove up today and tried to ride but the pow was too deep for her, she doesn't ride too well if she cant steer her sled with the skis. the pow was 1 1/2 ft to 2 ft deep and fairly heavy , I got stuck once about 2 miles in , I started to turn around and got stuck so I had to go 2 miles further to find a flatter spot, and thats all we rode , michele just couldn't steer, but had I been with someone who could atlas stay in my tracks we would have had a blast. there was no grooming and when I got back to my truck a sheriff was there getting ready to x country ski and he told me that there would be no more grooming this year, that the groomer is broke down and wont get repaired until the spring melt, that it will stay stuck in the snow.I didn't get the guys name but he is the one that patrols that area. nice guy. I will post a few photos later. that was a long trip for 8 miles total. oh well it was my first time in that area so that was cool. donbrown on "Sherman Pass report" http://forum.sugarloafers.com/topic/sherman-pass-report#post-141 Thu, 25 Feb 2010 14:38:19 +0000 donbrown 141@http://forum.sugarloafers.com/ 2 plus feet new snow (CA cemet)starting at Sherman trail head. Any new snow may cause trailhead to move to 7000 feet marker Snowcat is down and buried one mile past Black on trail 111. FS Bob will accept all comers to dig out snowcat Wednesday 3 march. Snow is deep 8 feet at least on trails with few inches of crust ontop and many feet of powder underneath. FS suggests only long tracks and experienced riders with present conditions ronholt on "Sugarloaf Conditions?" http://forum.sugarloafers.com/topic/sugarloaf-conditions#post-145 Tue, 02 Mar 2010 00:02:21 +0000 ronholt 145@http://forum.sugarloafers.com/ Anyone ride Sugarloaf lately? I'm thinking of going this weekend. What are the conditions? Thanks. Roy Allard on "Bridgeport, Lee Vining, Mammoth Trip Report" http://forum.sugarloafers.com/topic/bridgeport-lee-vining-mammoth-trip-report#post-135 Tue, 23 Feb 2010 17:14:50 +0000 Roy Allard 135@http://forum.sugarloafers.com/ Robbie, Tim, Justin and I took a road trip up 395 and road 3 different areas on Friday through Sunday. We rode from Bridgeport to the Historic town of Bodie and then to the Nevada state line. In some areas the snow was perfect and others it was wind blown. Friday was sunny to cloudy with no snowfall. We rod as high as 10,600 feet. On Saturday we rode from Bridgeport West to 10,050 Ricky Peak. The snow was better as some of the areas are protected from the wind. The climbing was awesome for sure. It snowed off and on all day. Sunday we rode closer to home and tore up the east side of 395 at Mammoth and never rode south of the rest area that's closed. We rode up to Bald Mountain lookout and through the trees. The traisl are groomed and in good shape with plenty of snow. We didn't ride the trails but a couple of miles but they were excellent. It was sunny in the morning and started to snow pretty good in the afternoon. It was a great trip with great friends. Even Timmy! cappelen on "SnowFest 2010 reschedule" http://forum.sugarloafers.com/topic/snowfest-2010-reschedule#post-139 Wed, 24 Feb 2010 10:27:05 +0000 cappelen 139@http://forum.sugarloafers.com/ <center>SNOWFEST 2010</center>[b] It it is with deep sorrow that SnowFest 2010 has to be rescheduled. SnowFest 2010 is being rescheduled to Saturday, March 20, 2010. The current winter storm here in Ponderosa is dropping one inch of snow per hour, have already gotten a foot of snow and before this current storm finishes will end up with 1 1/2 to 2 feet of more snow. The next storm is coming on Friday/Saturday and with my talks with NOAA this morning this next storm is to be colder, lower elevations and more intense. In the past CalTrans has stopped the buses at Pierpoint from coming up for a previous SnowFest event. We are sorry for any and all inconveniences this will cause to all of you and we do look forwarding to seeing you in March. In that we do not know all who were coming, please contact others who might be coming up and let them know about the reschedule. Any questions, please contact me. Carl Cappelen 559-542-0611 donbrown on "Snowest forum" http://forum.sugarloafers.com/topic/snowest-forum#post-125 Wed, 17 Feb 2010 19:27:30 +0000 donbrown 125@http://forum.sugarloafers.com/ Seems like snowest forum is not allowing me to post or view posting unless I pay them money. Anybody else? Roy Allard on "Sherman Trip 2/13/2010" http://forum.sugarloafers.com/topic/sherman-trip-2132010#post-118 Mon, 15 Feb 2010 09:18:26 +0000 Roy Allard 118@http://forum.sugarloafers.com/ Rode Sherman Saturday and the snow is awesome. There is 6 feet at the summit. Bob and Eric started grooming Saturday and will finish up Monday. The trails are in great shape. The snow is stilll soft and deep off trail which makes for great boondocking. We rode to the Yurt and Don Brown and his dsughter was there from the West side and Mike Garland and his wife and son were there and came in from the East side. Mike reported unloading at Kennedy Meadows so the snow is low on that side. Get out and ride and be safe. Roy Mike G on "2 sleds, Trailer combo" http://forum.sugarloafers.com/topic/2-sleds-trailer-combo#post-117 Fri, 12 Feb 2010 07:34:45 +0000 Mike G 117@http://forum.sugarloafers.com/ Retired friend is selling it all. 2006 Polaris Switchback 600 w/ 144 track, low miles, 1997 Arctic Cat 580 w/ Powder Pro skis, 1990 2-up tilt trailer w/ new tires. Garaged and dealer maintained yearly. Extra plugs, belts, covers. Both run great, Switchback is like new. Located in Indio, CA. $6300 for everything. Mike (949) 279-3130 Assault800 on "Mammoth" http://forum.sugarloafers.com/topic/mammoth#post-101 Sun, 31 Jan 2010 20:46:23 +0000 Assault800 101@http://forum.sugarloafers.com/ Just returned from Mammoth..Nancy and I rode Friday and Saturday. The snow was GREAT and the weather was OUTSTANDING! (Sunny both days with about two to three inches of fresh snow between Fri night and Sat morning. Met some locals who we assisted getting them un-stuck and rode with for the rest of the day. We mainly rode the east side of the CA/395 which we were told by the locals was not very common to have such great conditions on the east side. couchmen on "website" http://forum.sugarloafers.com/topic/website#post-88 Fri, 15 Jan 2010 08:20:34 +0000 couchmen 88@http://forum.sugarloafers.com/ Hello, myself and others from so. cal. liked the old website much more. It was so much easier to navigate. We went up last Sunday and had the trails to our self. We haven't seen any new postings and can only assume that others feel the same. Also no trip reports, is no one riding or is it the website? How about pictures? donbrown on "Looking to Ride" http://forum.sugarloafers.com/topic/looking-to-ride#post-108 Sun, 07 Feb 2010 01:17:48 +0000 donbrown 108@http://forum.sugarloafers.com/ Anybody riding next week into the weekend Presidents Day Holiday? lunnone on "Sugarloaf Side - Wow!" http://forum.sugarloafers.com/topic/sugarloaf-side-wow#post-109 Sun, 07 Feb 2010 21:30:17 +0000 lunnone 109@http://forum.sugarloafers.com/ Just got in from Sugarloaf - lots of pavement - haven't seen snow this low in years ----NOT! Got lots of snow over the last 24 hrs (at least 18") and the most wonderful thing, groomed trails from Portuguese on - sweet riding on Saturday! Riding should be awesome - road and snowpark plowed. erin and greg donbrown on "Updated US Gov weather map" http://forum.sugarloafers.com/topic/updated-us-gov-weather-map#post-107 Sat, 06 Feb 2010 18:11:41 +0000 donbrown 107@http://forum.sugarloafers.com/ Can you put this with the cameras cause it is updated at least daily? <img style="width: 535px;" src="http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/FXC/make_img.php?wfo=sto&img=1&size=1"> Robbie Smith on "2007 Switchback $5000 - SOLD!" http://forum.sugarloafers.com/topic/for-sale-2007-switchback-5000#post-106 Thu, 04 Feb 2010 21:20:33 +0000 Robbie Smith 106@http://forum.sugarloafers.com/ SOLD! <strike>This is not your stock switchback. This sled was built professionally from the dealer. Tricityperformance.net located in Utah. The motor was built by SLP startinglineproduts.com Features.144" track,lefty throttle, SLP skies. The motor has been bored out to an 800cc with wiseco pistons.Ported and polished, SLP performance pipe. Skid plate,sure grip running boards. Clutch has been tuned to perform with this motor. Low Low 850 miles. Don't be fooled, this sled performs like a high performance road bike on the nastiest trails and climbs to the top off trail as well. You can run with the big boys on the straight aways and leave em in the snow dust in the corners on a light weight sled. The 1000cc sleds won't get away. I will NOT sell this sled to an amateur rider. Contact Robbie at 978-3030 or <a href="mailto:rsmith8416@gmail.com">rsmith8416@gmail.com</a></strike> donbrown on "Sherman Pass Groomed Wed 3 Feb" http://forum.sugarloafers.com/topic/sherman-pass-groomed-wed-3-feb#post-105 Wed, 03 Feb 2010 23:16:01 +0000 donbrown 105@http://forum.sugarloafers.com/ Groomer and NFS recreation coordinator Bob Fernes says all is groomed as of today. Snowfall is 132% of normal at this point in time. Snow is at stop sign at Sherman pass and this is after it settled. All meadows have at least 4 feet except beach meadow has between 3-4 feet. Unload at 4x4 area exit with 5 plus feet at staging area , lower level at 7000 feet where they keep the snowcat. donbrown on "Sherman Pass Wednesday 3 February" http://forum.sugarloafers.com/topic/sherman-pass-wednesday-3-february#post-104 Wed, 03 Feb 2010 23:14:34 +0000 donbrown 104@http://forum.sugarloafers.com/ Groomer and NFS recreation coordinator Bob Fernes says all is groomed as of today. Snowfall is 132% of normal at this point in time. Snow is at red part of stop sign at Sherman pass and this is after it settled. All meadows have at least 4 feet except beach meadow has between 3-4 feet. Unload at 4x4 area exit with 5 plus feet at staging area , lower level at 7000 feet where they keep the snowcat. cappelen on "SnowFest 2010 schedule" http://forum.sugarloafers.com/topic/snowfest-2010-schedule#post-99 Sun, 31 Jan 2010 10:38:37 +0000 cappelen 99@http://forum.sugarloafers.com/ For those SugarLoafers who I have e-mail addresses, just sent out the schedule. If you did not receive the schedule, please contact me. melissa on "Lee Vining/Mammoth Trip anyone interested" http://forum.sugarloafers.com/topic/lee-viningmammoth-trip-anyone-interested#post-98 Fri, 29 Jan 2010 22:45:47 +0000 melissa 98@http://forum.sugarloafers.com/ Hello Everyone! There is a group of us considering going to Lee Vining/Mammoth area next weekend (weather permitting). Please let me know if you are interested via e-mail. If next weekend does not work out, maybe we could get a group together the end of Feb or beginning of March. Please e-mail me @ <a href="mailto:melissakuhs@yahoo.com">melissakuhs@yahoo.com</a> Happy Trails! Melissa Kuhs-Syme JHaberlander on "Alta Sierra Sunday 1-24" http://forum.sugarloafers.com/topic/alta-sierra-sunday-1-24#post-95 Wed, 27 Jan 2010 14:02:33 +0000 JHaberlander 95@http://forum.sugarloafers.com/ Two feet of beautiful new snow. Baraking trail all the way. Where was everbody? Sun was out and not real cold. John H ronholt on "Snowmobile Boots $75" http://forum.sugarloafers.com/topic/snowmobile-boots-75#post-94 Thu, 21 Jan 2010 17:41:40 +0000 ronholt 94@http://forum.sugarloafers.com/ Bought last year - Worn once this year. Perfect condition. Trukk, size 9, 12 inches, heavy duty and WARM. Online stores: $150-$160. I'm selling because they are too small for me. 661-342-4500 g moses on "Polaris 600 CFI engine" http://forum.sugarloafers.com/topic/polaris-600-cfi-engine#post-93 Wed, 20 Jan 2010 11:03:30 +0000 g moses 93@http://forum.sugarloafers.com/ I'm looking for others owning Polaris 600 CFI engines that have experienced repeated engine blowups.Two I know of in Bakersfield have blown four times in under one thousand miles. Another lost a crank.The engine obviously has an oiling problem. Polaris wants to repeatedly repair these sleds. Enough is enough.All they will say is they do not have a buyback program. Maybe it's time to start one. Anyone interested in joining a possible lawsuite please contact me at <a href="mailto:gmoses@globalfab.com">gmoses@globalfab.com</a> g moses on "2-up touring snowmobile" http://forum.sugarloafers.com/topic/2-up-touring-snowmobile#post-83 Wed, 30 Dec 2009 11:28:58 +0000 g moses 83@http://forum.sugarloafers.com/ Looking for 2-up used sled in good condition. contact <a href="mailto:gmoses@globalfab.com">gmoses@globalfab.com</a>