Skogan Pass, bumpy ride
Trip date: Friday Mar 08, 2024
Submitted by Jean-Francois
Particpants:
moi
Discussion:
For the 3rd time this winter I went up to Skogan pass as I really do like this trail.
I parked at Ribbon Creek and skied Hidden (the crux of the day was avoid the many fences to reach Nakiska) and went directly to the pass.
On my way back I skied Skogan loop, High Level / Sunburst and after the screamer I went on Lower Skogan (I was amazed not to see any boot prints).
I went to check Ribbon creek conditions (hoping it would be groomed today) and back to the parking lot on Kovach.
The Skogan trails have been groomed yesterday so nice corduroy / tracks. As described by Carole yesterday, the trails have been "bombarded" by snow bombs resulting in bumpy tracks / corduroy and you really need to be careful when going down on some sections.
Sometimes also the tracks end with a some sort of deep pocket and it caught me off guard....