How many days till ridable snow? (132 days till Christmas!)
- Thread starter Jacob
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Pikes Peak got some snow last week. Rumor has it there is some sort of famous road that leads to the top. Load it up!
Seriously though, there is "usually" some sort of ridable snow somewhere out west, by Halloween. Just depends on the weather patterns which area gets hit with early snows.
Seriously though, there is "usually" some sort of ridable snow somewhere out west, by Halloween. Just depends on the weather patterns which area gets hit with early snows.
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bearrassler
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Last year they were riding in NW MN, from Thief River Falls up towards Roseau on October 4th.
polarisrider1
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Dude, l am all for the pavement there. Bloody scary trip to the top.
Yeah, they took all the fun right out of it.
I'm sure in that sense it is great. I was referring more to the iconic rally race.
So do you drive that pass often?
polarisrider1
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Been up it twice. (not in a race).
But you have to admit, that "white knuckle" drive was worth it...
Since it's been tarred, I think MORE people drive it and more people drive it FASTER now. I literally followed a Dodge NEON down the pass who rode her brakes the entire way down the pass. When we finally got to the bottom, you could see the road-spray (it was raining) steaming off of the center hub.
polarisrider1
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When pikes peak was dirt and no guardrails back in the mid eighties I ran my Z28 up it with the intent of going fast.........until I seen what it was. I passed a dozen women walking down the peak crying their eyes out. I suspect they were terrified and decided to walk back down. At the top it was fog and snowing and it was 80 degrees at the bottom.