UTAH STATE PARKS SNOWMOBILE GROOMING REPORT - JANUARY 16

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Hardware Ranch:
January 15 - Hardware Ranch north to Johnson's Ranch/Strawberry Valley and onto the Elk Valley Guard Station. From there, north on the cross-country pole line back to Strawberry Valley and up to the Sinks turnaround. Returned through Strawberry /Johnson's and back to Hardware Ranch. The trails are still rough coming out of the Ranch, particularly Rock Creek. However, snow is good and gets better from Johnson's and is great in Sinks area.

Monte Cristo:
As of January 16, 2007 there is 34" of snow at Dry Bread Pond and 43" at Monte Cristo.
January 15 - Wasatch Ridge, Woodruff Gate, Ant Flat to Sheep Creek January 14 - Red Spur January 13 - Arb's Basin, Wasatch Ridge, Ant Flat to Sheep Creek January 12 - Arb's Basin, Ant Flat to Sheep Creek January 11 - Arb's Basin, Wasatch Ridge, Ant Flat to Scare Canyon January 10 - Wasatch Ridge, SR-39 to Woodruff Gate

Bear Lake / Logan Canyon:
Regular grooming schedule now underway. Good snow at higher elevations, but still hitting rocks at lower elevations.
January 10 - Amazon, Beaver Creek, Franklin Basin, Tony Grove January 7 - Sinks Trail, Swan Flat

Wasatch Mountain:
January 12 - Snake Creek, Cummings Parkway to Cascade Springs, American Fork Canyon to the top of the narrows. Storm on January 11 and 12 dropped only four inches at Mill Flat Trailhead. Pine Hollow, Cascade Springs, and Tibble Fork have not been groomed due to lack of snow.

Mirror Lake / Mill Hollow:
January 12 - Six to 12 inches have fallen. Grooming is on schedule and trails should be in great shape.

Bear River Service to Whitney:
January 11 - Three to four inches of new snow at the north slope parking lot and more is forecasted. All trails have been groomed. Riding conditions continue to improve and new snow should help.

Uintah Basin:
January 13 - Spirit Lake
January 12 - East McKee to Cart Creek to Red Cayon Lodge, then to Deep Creek parking area January 11 - Red Cloud Loop from Hwy191 turnoff to the Leidy turnaround, Dry Fork Trailhead to Trout Creek

Scofield / Joe's Valley / Skyline Drive:
January 5 - Still waiting for more snow. Some grooming completed on Skyline, but more snow needed. North Skyline has 18" of snow at the trailhead at Fairview top. Fish Creek Ridge has 15" of snow on top of the junction. Tucker/Starvation/Pondtown has 6-8" of snow at the trailheads and 18"of snow on top, and have not been groomed yet. Miller's Flat has 16" of snow. The trail has not been groomed yet. Snow levels are not sufficient enough to groom this trail in its entirety.

Mt Nebo:
January 10 - Grooming completed. Trail is still in need of more fresh snow.

Ephraim / Manti / 12 mile:
Ephraim and Twelve-Mile canyons, 12 - 18 inches of new powder on top of about 20 inches of old snow at the top of the trails. Ephraim Canyon has delineator posts and guard rails lining most of the main road. Riders should use extreme caution when leaving the main road. There is a logging permit issued for Manti Canyon and the permittee is plowing the road up nearly to Milky Falls, which prevents grooming until snow depths shut down the operation.

Fish Lake:
All three mountains have been groomed. Each mountain has good snow with each having some new powder. More grooming this week.


Cedar Mountain / East Fork:
January 14 - Midway, Sage Valley, and Navajo January 13 - Midway, Cedar Breaks, and Brain Head As a reminder, Dixie National Forest authorized loggers to plow Red Canyon Road for tree removal. Approximately 1.3 miles of the normal groomed trail have been plowed and could be difficult to ride.

Strawberry:
January 7 - Two inches of new snow at the DOT Shed off Hwy 40, and five inches of new snow making a total of two feet at Lake Creek Summit.
Conditions are snow blown and crusty with drifts in several areas. Please be careful off trail, due to the high wind snowdrifts. Please be advised: January 6 Co-op Creek to Lake Creek Summit back down to Strawberry River was CANCELLED due to high winds and white out conditions.