Bucks Lake Snowdrifters

posted by snowdrivers on Feb 27

Our playday is next Saturday. It is free to everyone, you do not have to be a member to enjoy a great hamburger and fries.
We will be set up by the firehouse intersection. Lunch will be served around 1 o’clock. JWG

posted by snowdrivers on Feb 8

We got from 4-9 inches of fresh powder yesterday. Fun to be had on the mountain JWG

posted by snowdrivers on Feb 7

The poker run was a great success. The weather, trails and meal was as good as it gets. The road out to the summit was a little rough on Sunday but we groomed it twice in the AM and PM. All the trails have been regroomed and is snowing today. Will be great riding this weekend. We have been getting very dry snow this year. If you like to ride i powder this is the place. Hope to see a lot of sleds this week.JWG

posted by snowdrivers on Dec 31

Happy New Year! The sun is out and the snow is fine. The trails are a little rough around the lodges.

posted by snowdrifters on Mar 14

We got some good snow bu then it rained. Countrymens got mostly snow but the Lake gor rain. The road by the firehouse is a lake 6-10 inches deep. The road coming in is not worth riding, water everywhere. My advise is to stay home until we get better conditions or bring your wave runner. This is almost a Franklin storm, where she died could happen now, it is about 3 feet in that gutter. The rain water jist cannot get through the snow to the culverts and off the road. JWG

posted by snowdrifters on Feb 23

Due to the lack of snow the county is going to open the road from the summit to the Firehouse on Friday ,2/24/2012. Never seen this before. Going towards Countrymens there is plenty of snow as usual. There is quite alot of pavement showing going towaards the kiosk and the hill towards the dam is 50% pavement then mostly snow until westend cove. I have about 20% pavement showing and 50% about 2-3 inches deep the rest 3-12  inches deep and going fast. Several rigs came in from Oroville last weekend . JWG

posted by snowdrifters on Feb 13

We got from 4 to 10 inches today. Some pavement still snowing /. Not enough to groom JWG

posted by snowdrifters on Apr 25

The grooming season is almost over. We are almost out of fuel for the groomer. If we are careful we have maybe three more days worth. We have logged 494 hours of cat time this year, our biggest year ever. The county is going to start plowing in on Monday the 2nd. We will groom the cutoff road this weekend . It wil bel the only way in until they get to the firehouse. My best guess it will take about two weeks, they work 4 days a week but ten hours a day. Remember they more we stay out of there way the more they can get done. I will keep this sight as current as I can on their progress.  Thr snow is still very deep on the road. At least 5-6 feet at the TEE and 8 plus on Big Creek Road. Will post some photos on my facebook page if you are interested.JWG

posted by snowdrifters on Apr 8

The power IS NOT going to be turned off this weekend. The power lines are not buried in the snow like you may have heard but low to the ground. A lot of service wires are under the snow or torn off the cabins. If your weather head is damaged PG&E will not repair the damage other wise they are fixing the lines to the cabins if they see it. Going up Mill Creek today with the cat. We  went to Lookout Rock yesterday and down Pea Creek and out Willow Creek. We did not do Ararat because of low fuel. We had to do a lot of road building. Looking down ten feet you could see where the trees are trimmed for the real road. There is way over twenty feet of snow out there. Got a couple inches of snow yesterday in the valley and about six where we were.It will be very nice this weekend. We are running low on diesel at the shed so we will have to be cutting back on grooming so please be easy on the trails in the basin. JWG

posted by snowdrifters on Apr 7

Spring is here and the streams are opening up. I finally finished four trees yesterday( went to the top of Merrimac to repair the railroad damage to the trail ). I had a little track  trouble out there and had to limp home. After many hours of trying to figure out how to do the repairs, Dave and I got lucky and made the repairs. Next time we will know how to get the track hinges together. I went to the Dam last night and plan to do Ararat Loop today. Be careful of  low power lines in the basin because there is 10 -  15 feet in places and the wires are close to the ground.  JWG