The storm that came in Jan 19 and dropped snow until Jan 23 down to elevations of 2000 feet has had a warm finish and has in the last few days brought rain to elevations below 6000 feet. If we get and keep at least 12 inches of snow, the races will occur Feb 11-12. I drove out the our race sites today and we do not have sufficient snow at either the Deer Mountain Snowmobile Park race site or our alternate race site at Four Corners Snowmobile Park to hold the races. It has been warm and raining some the past couple of days and our first storm of the season has melted away quickly. If we do not have the races on Feb 11-12 we will run them on March 17-18. Stay tuned. NOAA weather at the linkhttp://www.noaa.gov/wx.htmlis predicting more rain/snow on Thursday and Sunday. You can check for yourself by entering the MacDoel Zip code 96058 on the clicking on our Deer Mtn Snowmobile Park or Four Corners Snowmobile Park Locations. We will make a decision next Tuesday as to whether we are going to postpone the races to March 17-18. We will need either a lot of snow by then or a big cold snowstorm headed our way to have the races Feb. 11-12.
Deer Mountain is about 16 miles south of MacDoel by south of Hebron Mount at 41.57° North, 122.13° West, 5800 feet, Jan 25 snow report: 0-2 inches of snow around the trails, Trails are slush, pavement or mud.
Four Corners is about 20 miles south east of MacDoel between Horse Peak and Hoffman Mount and between Tenant and Lava Beds National Monument at North 41.63°N and 121.73°W, 5300 feet, Jan 25 snow report: 0-5 inches of snow around the trails, the trails mostly covered 2 to 4 inches except where cut to pavement or ice by tire tracks. South trail is closed to auto traffic.
We Had Snow! Where did it Go?
I think its the rain you know. Into the ground it doth flow.
OH, Whoa is me, whoa, We need more snow for the races to go.
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Picture on left taken Jan 23 near Mt. Shasta Ski Park
Picture on right taken Jan 25 at Deer Mountain Snowmobile Park Race Site