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Dakota Ridge is amazing. Lots of snow Sunday, April 05, 2020
Even though the gate is closed lots of great cross country skiing and snow showing too. The SCRD closed the warm up hit and stopped trail grooming but lots of snow. Gate is closed but only short ski or walk up. 4 wheel drive and have chains handy road is not plowed 2 deep ruts. Great spring skiing. Great place to keep distance from others fresh air.
Posted by: Cavin
Tet Road was plowed this week Current Conditions Friday, January 24, 2020
The Tet outdoor club hired a contractor to plow the road. Please pay your cabin fees as the pays lots to maintain cabins. Airlift Firewood and plow the road.
Posted by: Cavin
Fresh snow Current Conditions Sunday, January 12, 2020
If you can make it through the terrible water bars Conditions are great with all the fresh snow. You must put on chains. Yesterday there was 20+cm of fresh snow looks like another 20cm today.
Posted by: Jp
Tet road. Deep water bars punctured oil pan Alert / Warning Saturday, January 04, 2020
To young ladies in a CRV with good clearance punctured there oil pan because of stupid water bars. I gave them a ride out to get a tow truck. They were not going fast they were going very slow through the water bars. Great way to wreck a trip on New Year’s Eve. The SCRD and Tet outdoor club need to deal with road issue. Also Dakota Ridge has water bars my car bottomed out in them. Why now never had water bars for 28 years.
Posted by: Cavin
Tet road Dangerous water bars Alert / Warning Thursday, January 02, 2020
Went up Dec 31st to check road with heavy rain no water in all the water bars but some engine oil in 1. A Honda CRV with fairly good clearance tore its oil pan. The driver was going very slow and still did damage. I gave them a ride out to cell phone range sweet talked a tow truck to tow them out. That road is to dangerous now I have cancelled all the school groups that I was to haul up there. There has not been a water problem on that road. I was raising funds to start plowing that road again but now can’t get plow truck through the water bars. Access has been screwed up Tourism will be affected. Snow and water bars don’t work well together. To bad use to be good access.
Posted by: Cavin
Tet road. Rough Current Conditions Sunday, December 29, 2019
Took 4 people up yesterday ended up breaking tire chains and tearing flairs off my van. When you have tire chains on and go through those stupid water bars my chain hit the fender and broke. People need to spread there tire tracks out. 1 ft of snow and just 2 frozen ruts yesterday. Today at 2pm it was water running down the ruts. MOF needs to rethink there road management. Water bars don’t work well on winter roads. I have now stopped going up there. Will not be taking anymore groups etc. Road is to rough for a Astro Van. Sorry to all the school groups that I normally take. But the road is unsafe
Posted by: Cavin
Tet road. I was going to start plowing road again Current Conditions Friday, December 20, 2019
But due to some problems with funding and MOF put 40 water bars in the road I can’t get the snow plow through them. MOF won’t allow them to be filled in. I plowed that road for 25 years and kept it in great shape. I even graded it with my snowplow. And if I saw a water problem I fixed it. Wether a large rock feel down into ditch or culvert plugged trees on road etc. If I saw a water problem I dug a small water bar to divert water off the road. Please spread your tracks out. I will not be driving that road in winter snow conditions. I feel it is to dangerous with the deep water bars. I Tow trucks will go up there BCAA won’t help. Winter tires chains tow straps shovels Be prepared. Plowguy is out of it
Posted by: Cavin
Tet road not YET ROAD Current Conditions Saturday, December 07, 2019
Tet road. Auto spell makes me look bad.
Posted by: Cavin
Yet road rough lots pots holes many still frozen I i Current Conditions Saturday, December 07, 2019
Still some patches of ice and snow much cooler up there. I only made $1.20 from empty beer cans. Normally in the summer I make $20. Road is getting soft so please spread your tracks out. Hoping to get some funding to plow the road and grade it. The GOFUNDME page did get much. Let’s hope things come through. But at best spread your tire tracks out wether gravel or snow. If everyone spread out there tracks in the snow it would be a great compact snow ice road would need to plow it. Carry chains be prepared to use them. And please always park you car facing out and down makes it easier to get going if snows over your trip. Easier to get traction on a little down hill. Please remember CELL PHONES DONT WORK IN THE PARK. Have a trip plan stick to it. Don’t leave wallets or valuables in car. Many cars have been broken in to and cards used while people at cabins. Stay safe. Pack out what you take in. Wives take your husbands out too.
Posted by: Cavin
Tet road. Power poles that were on road been removed Current Conditions Saturday, November 30, 2019
There is still risk of water damage to road at 5km lots of water running down from powerline now frozen river. Watch for many water bars to bad I was almost going to get ready to plow road again. But thanks to all the water bars snow plow can’t make it through them with out tearing cutting edges off blade. Never needed water bars before why now.
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