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Snowsled

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Two weekends ago was the last sled trip. The rocks were beginning to show! This past weekend was our first trip up the trails this year. Most years there is 4 feet or more of snow still on the ground in Animas Forks and no way you are going up Engineer. This year, no snow in Animas and the road was open to the top of Engineer.
 

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I couldn't find one from the Last Dollar Rd but, I did find one from across the valley looking back at the mountains LDR comes through on its way into Telluride. The road comes around and down from the left to right down below treeline by the time it is in the pic. Beautiful country for sure! Sorry about the PW...
 

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Awesome pictures. So I take it we're gettin' another dry summer here, limited runoff from the high country...

Yup. The Alpine loop opened very early this year - as well as other trails. I'm not looking forward to the fire bans I know are coming.
 

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Fire ban is already on in the SW part of the state. It honestly isn't even dry yet, not even close. You couldn't start a fire without pouring fuel on the ground, LOTS of it.

It is pretty typical here for June to bone dry and the rains come early July. It has been hot early and the snowpack was several feet below normal. Sooo, if it doesn't rain for another month and the runoff dies off on the next two weeks, we could have some fires in the bad beetle kill areas.

At this point though, it is way overblown. Ask anybody who spent a lifetime here, it can get much worse. We are nowhere near a drought.
 
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