Stephens State Park Conditions
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Judging by my yard, no. I’m not that close to Stephens (25 minute drive) but my yard has always been a pretty good indicator. It may still be rideable though. It’ll just be on crunchy snow and maybe ice.
Risky, one of my fat biking locals said past few days in deer park were good but yesterdays melt and overnight freeze equals ice skates.
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Teutonic
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Mostly grass on my lawn, but Stephens is 5min away so I drove over to check it out at lunch. It's no good. I only checked the entrance on White from the Saxton gravel lot and it was a layer of ice on top of hard snow. I'm up for snow and some ice, but this a hard no for me riding after work today and before the snow tomorrow.
Judging by me still a lost weekend before us. I'd say anything on the route 80 corridor and north. Hoping to here different so I can get something this weekend that's not allaire.
Teutonic
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I was passing by around 11:30 so I drove by Tilcon gate off Kinney to scope it out. Lots of vehicles but I think most were ice fishing. I saw one guy riding and chatted for a minute and he said the trails were all ice and no good. Snow and ice should be gone by mid week, then it'll be freeze/thaw.
I went to Stephens today and took a quick walk to check on the conditions and see if it's ready or not for riding on Saturday. The very last traces of ice and snow are melting, however that means that the trails are soggy and about 1 to 2 inches of mud. So I'd say no, it's not ready for riding on Saturday. At least not for me. Maybe Sunday? I don't know.
chainsawer
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I did a Chainsaw Mission into Stephens today (Monday 3/3). From Nicole drive, I cleared the reported obstructions on “Golden trail” and “XX trail”. Then I moved over to the Firetower Road access, to get blowdowns on “Land of the lost” and “Long Way Round”. I did a small handful of other tune-ups along my route. (except for one on Orange) This catches me up on the older intel, from before the big ice up. With all the big winds we’ve been having, I’m sure there’s a lot more that I’m not tracking. Ride conditions quite acceptable today, with the occasional soft spot and snow remnants. With a run of milder weather in the forecast, I’m sure you’re all itching to ride again! Please keep the blowdown pics and accurate GPS locations coming. Also there’s a lot of smaller branches on the trail, it’s always greatly appreciated if you kick them aside.
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iman29
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Thank you!
I was at Stephens last Sunday so it's not the most current of reports but the top was all in great shape. It was cold so most was frozen. However the bottom, a total nightmare. Middle maze has seen a lot of rutting from people riding when it's muddy. The trail next to the NICA trail, that was still icy AND muddy. I can only imagine that still being quite the mess.
Hope it's worth something 😉