KOAA CLUB SPOT LIGHT!!

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                                                                                The Sangre Snow Scoop

                                                                                     By Rebecca Cellers 

Greetings members & friends!

As the season draws to a close, we look back at the favorable snow conditions we’ve experienced on 

Ophir Creek this year. 

The snow came early & frequently, which we know is not always the case in our region; then we were blessed with an end of season 2 feet dumping!! 

This has truly been a great season for us!

Our final club meeting of this season will be this coming Tuesday April 13th at the Klamm Shell in Pueblo, 424 W. Northern Ave (dinner at 6, meeting at 7).  

We will hold our club elections & feature a presentation on end of season machine maintenance.  

As a reminder, anyone looking to run for an office must be present at the meeting & the more members who attend, the better our election outcome will be. 

The offices up for election are as follows:

President

Vice President

Secretary

Treasurer

CSA Delegate

If you have any questions about what those offices entail, please contact Les or Scott, you can also ask at the meeting.

We plan to get the ball rolling as early as possible on trail maintenance this summer & keep it going strong with our main focus being on trails C, E & AA.

Volunteering to help is always appreciated as Les & Scott have taken it upon themselves to do the majority of the work in recent years, lets give them a hand, in both ways! 

Emails regarding trail maintenance plans & dates will be sent out through the summer.

We hope to see everyone this Tuesday! 

We appreciate all of the members who have joined & those who have continued to make our club one that exhibits great comradery. 

                                                                                The Sangre Snow Scoop

                                                                                     By Rebecca Cellers 

Greetings members and new friends!

After nearly a year of not having regular club meetings due to Covid-19 it was wonderful to see so many faces and new members at our March meeting! 

We would like to welcome our newest members to the club: Vern & Teresa Blazina.

Ophir Creek got a good helping of snow during this last storm and there will be more on the way Tuesday 3/16!   

Conditions this Sunday were unlike anything we've seen on Greenhorn for quite a few years!

 Gary, Dave, Henry and Mitch all came out to play and braved it up the deep road to the unplowed parking lot!  By the end of the day the lot was a bit more set up and easy to maneuver! 

On the Deer Peak side we encountered around 20"+ of snow up high with plenty of drifts.  

We got down into Burn Loop (Trail D) and found measurements up to 36" in the meadow. 

Coming down Burn Loop from the West was a breeze but deep snow and drifts prohibited access from the East - after many attempts and stucks, we opted to go back West to access Elmer Canyon (trail C). We took that route back to the parking lot past Scott and Sue's cabin and the snow held steady all the way down - but as always you want to take it slow over the South facing shelf sections as you could feel some rocks.

Mitch and his parents visiting from Ohio ventured over to the Greenhorn Side and said there was easily 12"+ on the road (trail E) the whole way with drifts and blown over sections pushing 2-3'. 

They made it up to second E-F intersection, Mitch then rode beyond that intersection but it was definitely drifted over. Be advised that past that point some side-hilling is necessary and may push people's comfort level if they are wanting more of a leisurely trail ride.  Once the trail is groomed later this week it should calm that down quite a bit. 

Dave and Gary made it out both Sunday and Monday to enjoy the powder and ventured all over the mountain finding great snow all the way! We should see more snow tonight into tomorrow morning and Les plans to groom on Thursday. 

For anyone who would like to join there will be a small club ride on Saturday March 20th. The plan is to meet at the parking lot around 9:00-9:30 am, please be sure to pull fully out of the turnaround area since the mountain will likely see many riders this weekend.

For anyone who would like to join the club please visit http://www.coloradosnowmobileassociation.com and click on the "Join" tab. 

At the end of the checkout process it will ask which clubs you would like to join and of course you can pick as many as you'd like, just keep in mind that they all have their own yearly dues. 

Everyone be safe and keep those Spring snow dances going!