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Stick
03-17-2008, 09:11 PM
I was planning on going to hidden splendor and going down the sqeeze in the next few weeks. Does anybody know what its like out there right now? Or am I trying to go to early in the year? Think there will be snow out there?

Thanks in advance.
Iceaxe
03-18-2008, 07:38 AM
As of last weekend (March 13), you will have snow and probably bad roads if you try to access from Hidden Splendor. You might not have snow at Hidden Splendor, but you will have snow and mud on the high country roads accessing it. If you plan try the Squeeze this early in the year my suggestion would be to use the Factory Butte access, which is my preferred access all the time.
ratagonia
03-19-2008, 10:52 AM
I was planning on going to hidden splendor and going down the sqeeze in the next few weeks. Does anybody know what its like out there right now? Or am I trying to go to early in the year? Think there will be snow out there?

Thanks in advance.

Winterish conditions prevail, and will for a while. Expect things wetter and colder than 'normal expectations'.

Are you indeed a 'Rookie'? I hope you are going with people who have a clue.

Tom 'just wear a helmet, you'll be fine!'
asdf
03-19-2008, 12:40 PM
We were in the area march 22-23 2007 and there was no snow around the air strip. But it still looks pretty cold in the swell. http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/slc/current/meso.cenut.php


looking down at the muddy and airstrip. 3-22-2007
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/131/432745181_e834b082e9.jpg
Iceaxe
03-19-2008, 12:56 PM
We were in the area march 22-23 2007

There is a lot more snow then 2007.... You would have been standing in 6" of snow at that location last weekend. And on Sunday afternoon that same picture would have looked more like this....

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asdf
03-19-2008, 02:02 PM
prove it :haha:
Udink
03-19-2008, 02:11 PM
I can't speak for the Hidden Splendor area, but in the northern Swell, at even higher elevations than Hidden Splendor, the snow is almost completely gone and the roads are dry.
Reedus
03-19-2008, 04:29 PM
Snow is gone for the most part. There are some skiffs here and there on north facing slopes, but roads to Hidden splendor are clear and dry.