January 2004 Rides

Timp Ridge Runners
10194 N. Cottonwood Dr.
Cedar Hills, UT 84062
timpridge@yahoo.com

January 2004 Rides

January 3rd

The ride went as planned and we had 15 members show up. It was one of those days you really want to forget. Way too much snow for some of us. We left the North Fork trail head and headed to soapstone.

George and Ron Honey led the group. At the junction to continue up on top to soapstone or to cold springs we played for a while. Several sleds became stuck and it took some time before we had everyone on the trail again. Six members decided to stay behind and the rest of us headed up to the top of the hill.

By the corrals on top, we headed NE towards Cold Springs. The ride was tough going because of all the powder we were pushing. Also, visibility was not good and it continued to snow throughout the day. We never made it all the way over to Cold Springs. It was an interesting day. Everyone got stuck at least once, some several times.

We did have one bright moment. John (Borget) got his new Rev stuck at the peak of a hill. The only person who could reach him was Ron (Honey) on his Arctic Cat. Way to go Ron!

January 10th

The Fairview ride started at the skyline parking lot with 17 people showing up. The snow conditions were not the best for deep powder riders but still offered some excitement on North slopes. We had 10 advanced riders and 7 trail riders. Doug Page and Ron Honey led the advanced ride and Kyle Adams and Dave Huntsman led the trail riders.

The group started out together riding North to Gooseberry Reservoir for some fun riding. The sleds only sank about 6" to 8" so going wherever you wanted was no problem.

After a period of time Doug and Ron took the advanced riders North to the pipeline and worked their way to the top of the ridge. Kyle and Dave took the trail riders on a Southwestern direction to the road and then headed up the trail to several bowls on top. Both groups met at the warming hut and decided to join together for the ride back. Doug took us down a few hills in a Southeastern direction. After a period of time, several members decided they had had enough and headed back to the parking lot. Those that had enough fuel left in their sleds stayed and played for awhile.

It was a fun filled day with plenty of sun and too much warm weather. Ken Cluff took lots of photo's and we will put the best on here soon.

Thanks to those members who came out and supported the club! See you at the next ride.