Elk Ridge Winter

With the massive amount of snow that the southern mountains have received we decided to try and make it out to our cabins on Elk Ridge and clean the roofs off to avoid the roofs caving in. I thought we would be able to drive a ways up the South Cottonwood road but we had to start snowmobiling from Highway 95, which made for a very long day.

I broke the clutch on one snowmobile in the first mile and had to tow it back to the highway. We saw 8 good sized bull elk that were having a hard time getting around in the snow, hope they make it through the winter. We finally made it to the cabins and removed the snow and got back to Moab at about 9:30

Slickrock avalanche. We actually got enough snow down low that we saw good sized avalanches on the slickrock. I believe this one is on Ute lands and it actually took out a fair number of trees.

Removing snow from the Gooseberry Cabins

Winter at Sego Flats. Nobody had been up there yet this winter

Elk Ridge Winter