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Trail Conditions

All Trails are clear! Shuttles are running!

See the Downieville Downhill conditions reports below.

All Trails Clear! (June 25, 2009)
Snow is gone, get it son!

Butcher Clear! (May 31, 2009)
The last of the unridable snow drifts on Butcher is melting down for a full ride down. Sunrise still has lots of snow, but is melting fast.

Almost Melted! (May 18, 2009)
The snow is melting fast. And with that last heat wave there has been a lot of trail emerging from it's winter slumber. The creeks and rivers are all running full. We expect to shuttle on Memorial Day weekend and snow patches will remain for the first couple of weeks into the season (mid June). Check the difference in 3 weeks with the pics below left at the Sunrise Trailhead.

Sunrise Trail

Downieville Downhill Conditions Snow photo of narrow road to top April 2009

Packer Saddle to drop off

Snow Melting ! (May 12, 2009)
The road is plowed to Packer Saddle, as indicated by the photos. They will probably come back and finish to the 93-3 road in a week or so. I would describe current conditions as 4-8' of solid snowpack at 7000ft. some ground exposure at 6500ft. and patchy snow at 6000ft. The creeks and rivers are all running full and the forecast shows warming into next weekend. Snow will melt at a rate of 6-10" per day at this rate. Check the difference in 2 weeks with the pics below right (With the "Narrow" road sign)

Packer Saddle to drop off

Start of the narrow road to the top

Lots of Snow (April 28, 2009)
The road is partly plowed and I expect that the county will plow to the 93-3rd within a couple of weeks. There is alot of snow at this point,we need warm weather to get it going! (update: May 1-4 warm rain, but have not been up top to be able to report conditions)

Sunrise Trail

Start of the narrow road to the top

Downieville Downhill Conditions Snow photo of First Divide trail clearing April 2009

First Divide trail work

Spring is springing! (March 25, 2009)
The high mountain trials are still under snow, but Fiddle Creek ridge trail and Halls Ranch trail cleared of debris and open (we cut out about 10 fallen trees and overhang) and by this weekend North Yuba will be cleared as well. Moisture in the soil on these trails right now make them as good as it gets.

*** last winter good conditions into December ***

Snowed in! (Dec 17, 2008)
It had to happen sometime, the mountain got a full blast of winter snow. This closes the amazingly long season that extended into mid-December.

Trails are open and tacky! (Dec 1, 2008)
The ground is just soaking the wetness up for very tacky conditions. The lastest storms just added some moisture to the ground. 10 day forcast is sun! December in CA! Get it!