Snow Trails

LX Avalanche · Nov 27, 2016

I've been waiting since February to hit some trails in the snow. Any good recommendations? I was thinking CK, Montana Mountain, or Perkinsville Road but I'd like to try a trail I haven't done.

myKIDStoy · Nov 27, 2016

Jerome, smiley rock.

Hank Tank · Nov 28, 2016

That Smiley Rock looks like fun. Let me know if that turns into a ROTM.

Living in the Past · Nov 28, 2016

Because of Christmas Tree cutting the forest service will make ever effort to keep the roads to the cutting areas open. Not plowed just not close. Get enough snow the area on the rim can be fun.

LongDuck · Nov 28, 2016

Diamond Point just Northeast of Payson is a good, close day trip if you're planning for snow. My brother and I ran it a few years back, and hit both Scout Cave and the Fire Tower location. We planned to search for Herkemer Diamonds, but the snow became the memory from that trip. Scout Cave could be tough to get into and hard to find if you don't know the area and the snow is deep.

I'll see if I can dig up the link and post it here,

jahawk · Nov 28, 2016

Don't just think of the back road when you think of CK. There are a number of trails up on the mountain that get pretty gnarly in the winter.

Jim

LX Avalanche · Nov 28, 2016

I tried 4 Peaks since I had never been on that trail. I struck out, and also found out it is a terribly boring trail. Absolutely no obstacles or technical spots and too rocky to really go fast in most areas.

Afterwards we headed to Payson to eat at El Rancho. After striking out in Payson we drove to Christopher Creek and finally found some dirt roads with snow.

If I didn't have to go back to work Tuesday I would have traveled up North and find some trails.

Stepmurr · Nov 29, 2016

LX Avalanche said:
I tried 4 Peaks since I had never been on that trail. I struck out, and also found out it is a terribly boring trail. Absolutely no obstacles or technical spots and too rocky to really go fast in most areas.

Afterwards we headed to Payson to eat at El Rancho. After striking out in Payson we drove to Christopher Creek and finally found some dirt roads with snow.

If I didn't have to go back to work Tuesday I would have traveled up North and find some trails.

Try 4 Peaks in the winter - quite a bit scarier!

This was the day after the 2010 4 Peaks cleanup.