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Calendar: (click here for Backwoods' full calendar)
Date Event Location
2/25/12 Boulder Classic Tour on the Harriman Trail North Valley
3/3/12 10th Annual Sawtooth Ski Festival Stanley
3/4/12 Paw 'n' Pole TBA
3/10/12 Sidecountry Avalanche Class Ketchum, ID
Weather: (click here for full weather page)
Wood River Valley Forecast
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(as of 2/22 at 1:49 PM)
Winter Storm Warning

Tonight: Scattered snow showers, mainly before 11pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 19. Breezy, with a west northwest wind between 18 and 28 mph, with gusts as high as 38 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. Total nighttime snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.
Thursday: A 20 percent chance of snow. Partly sunny, with a high near 29. Northwest wind between 10 and 15 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph.
Thursday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 11. Wind chill values as low as -2. North northwest wind between 10 and 15 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph.
Current Conditions
Location Time Temp Wind
Stanley 4:51PM 34F 14 mph
Ketchum 4:39PM 33F 4 mph
Hailey 3:47PM 43F 14 mph
Avalanche Hazard: (click here for full avalanche forecast)
Avalanche Hazard  2/22  CONSIDERABLE
Alpine Conditions: (click here for full alpine conditions page)
New Snowfall
LocationDateOvernight24 hours48 hours72 hours7 days
Baldy 2/22   0" 0" 0"  
Bogus 2/22   0" 0" 2" 0"
Brundage 2/22   13" 16" 17" 20"
Jackson 2/22   14" 26"    
Lost Trail 2/22 14" 14" 14"    
Pomerelle 2/22   2" 8" 0"  
Soldier 2/20 0"        
Targhee 2/22   15" 25"    
* Some totals cumulative, others for 24 hour period - please check individual websites for details.
Snowpack (click here for full Backwoods snowpack page)
Idaho Snowpack & Precipitation 2/22
Big Wood Basin 75% 87%
Boise Basin 81% 91%
Clearwater Basin 90% 92%
Goose Creek Basin 92% 115%
Henrys Fork, Teton Basins 86% 90%
Northern Panhandle Region 94% 83%
Salmon Basin 79% 81%
Salmon Falls Basin 75% 95%
Snake Basin Above American Falls 86% 91%
Spokane River Basin 86% 83%
Recent News: (click here for all recent local news)
Date News Location
1/21/12 Soldier Mountain is open for season Fairfield, ID
1/19/12 Bogus Basin is open Boise, ID
11/26/11 Jackson Hole is open Jackson, WY
11/25/11 Targhee is open Alta, WY
11/24/11 Baldy is open Ketchum, ID
Nordic Conditions: (click here Backwoods' full nordic conditions page)
2/22/2012  7:45 am GROOMING HOTLINE 208-578-XSKI WWW.BCRD.ORG
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GENERAL COMMENTS: 2012 BMT images available at www.adventurelaws.com. Proceeds to BCRD.

BCRD GALENA TRAILS
AREA Date
Groomed
Skate/
Classic
KM Difficulty
Rating
Dogs Snowshoe Walking
Teaching Area today S / C 0.0 no no no
North Wood River today S / C 2.0 no no
Horse Creek Loop today S / C 2.0 no no no
Horse Creek Connector today S / C 2.3 no no no
Cabin Loop today S / C 1.0 no no
Westernhome Glade 2/20 S / C 1.2 no no no
Gladiator Creek Loop today S / C 3.0 no no no
Senate Meadows Loop 2/20 S / C 2.0 no no no
Ted's Angle today S / C 0.5 no no no
Jenny's Way today S / C 5.5 no no no
Galena to Cherry (via Harriman) today S / C 2.5 no no no
Titus Creek 2/21 S / C 3.5 no no
Nello's Cut today S / C 1.0 no no no
North Cherry Creek 2/21 S / C 2.8 no no no
Cherry Ridge today S / C 2.3 no no no
Rip & Tear today S / C 2.6 no no no
Psycho today S / C 2.4 no no no
Emma's Gulch 2/19 S / C 1.2 no no no
Boulder Connector 2/20 S / C 3.0 no no no
Cowboy Cabin Trail Open 1.7 no
Valley View Loop Open 1.9 no
North Wood River Connector Open 0.2 no
North Wood River Trail Open 5.0 no
Pioneer Cemetary Trail Open 3.2 no
Tilt-a-Whirl Open 4.2 no
Yurt Loop Open 2.9 no
Psycho Ridge Loop Open 2.2 no
Psycho Adventure Open 5.0 no
BCRD HARRIMAN TRAIL
AREA Date
Groomed
Skate/
Classic
KM Difficulty
Rating
Dogs Snowshoe Walking
SNRA to Cathedral Pines today S / C 10.0 no no
Cathedral Pines to Prairie Creek today S / C 10.0 no no no
Prairie Creek to Galena Lodge today S / C 11.0 no no no
BCRD PRAIRIE CREEK
AREA Date
Groomed
Skate/
Classic
KM Difficulty
Rating
Dogs Snowshoe Walking
Prairie Creek Loop today S / C 8.0 no no no
BCRD BILLY'S BRIDGE
AREA Date
Groomed
Skate/
Classic
KM Difficulty
Rating
Dogs Snowshoe Walking
North Loop today S / C 4.0 no no
South Loop today S / C 4.0 no no
Connector to Prairie Creek today S / C 1.0 no no
Billy's Bridge Snowshoe Open packed 4.0 no
BCRD NORTH FORK LOOP
AREA Date
Groomed
Skate/
Classic
KM Difficulty
Rating
Dogs Snowshoe Walking
North Fork Loop today S / C 4.0 no no
North Fork Snowshoe Open packed 4.0 no
BCRD LAKE CREEK TRAILS
AREA Date
Groomed
Skate/
Classic
KM Difficulty
Rating
Dogs Snowshoe Walking
Coaches Climb today S / C 2.4 no no no
Lake Creek Connector today S / C 1.8 no no no
North End today S / C 1.9 no no no
Riverside Loop today S / C 1.4 no no no
Riverside Trail today S / C 2.1 no no no
South Bench Trail today S / C 0.0 no no no
Race Stadium today S / C 0.0 no no no
BCRD QUIGLEY NORDIC TRAILS
AREA Date
Groomed
Skate/
Classic
KM Difficulty
Rating
Dogs Snowshoe Walking
Classic Only 1/24 Classic 8.0 no no no
Quigley Dog Loop 2/21 S / C 3.0 no no
Main Loop 2/21 S / C 8.7 no no no
Ridge Run 2/21 S / C 0.7 no no no
Fox Acres Connector 2/21 S / C 1.5 no no
Well Run 2/21 S / C 1.1 no no no
Quigley Snowshoe Trail closed 2.0 no
BCRD WOOD RIVER TRAIL
AREA Date
Groomed
Skate/
Classic
KM Difficulty
Rating
Dogs Snowshoe Walking
Bellevue to East Fork 2/20 S / C 16.0
East Fork to Hulen Meadows today S / C 16.0
PARK CREEK TRAILS
AREA Date
Groomed
Skate/
Classic
KM Difficulty
Rating
Dogs Snowshoe Walking
Lupine Loop 2/21 S / C 0.8 no
Shooting Star 2/21 S / C 1.2 no
Skyrocket Trail 2/21 S / C 4.2 no
Camas Trail 2/21 S / C 3.9 no
Sego Loop 2/21 S / C 2.7 no
Larkspur Trail 2/21 S / C 2.1 no
ALTURAS LAKE TRAILS
AREA Date
Groomed
Skate/
Classic
KM Difficulty
Rating
Dogs Snowshoe Walking
Wapiti 2/21 S / C 2.0 no
Over the Hill 2/21 S / C 2.5 no
Alturas South Loop 2/21 S / C 1.0 no
Sheep Thrills 2/21 S / C 2.5 no
North Cabin Creek 2/21 S / C 2.5 no
Alturas Lake Trail 2/21 S / C 6.5 no
SUN VALLEY NORDIC
AREA Date
Groomed
Skate/
Classic
KM Difficulty
Rating
Dogs Snowshoe Walking
Practice Loop today S / C 1.6 no no no
Leif's Loop today S / C 3.0 no no no
Trail Creek Loop today S / C 5.0 no no no
Hemingway Trail today S / C 1.0 no no no
White Cloud Loop today S / C 1.5 no no no
Diamondback today S / C 4.0 no no no
Connector today S / C 0.5 no no no
Nemesis today S / C 1.0 no no no
Boundary Loop today S / C 6.0 no no no
Hyndman View today S / C 0.8 no no no
Proctor Loop today S / C 4.0 no no no
Elevator today S / C 0.7 no no no
Aspen Lane 2/21 S / C 0.8 no no no
Sidewinder 2/21 S / C 2.0 no no no
Fox Run 2/12 Classic 3.0 no no no
Short Cut 2/21 S / C 0.5 no no no
Dog Loop today S / C 3.3 no no
Hemingway Snowshoe Trail Open packed 1.5 no no
White Cloud Snowshoe Trail Open packed 7.3 no no
Glenn's Loop Open packed 1.7 no no
Bridge's Snowshoe Trail Open packed 3.5 no no