[Jeff]

[Sky Hiker]

Best to find a gated road as with all the jeeps and other 4WD out there you run into a high chance of them. Not saying they are going to run you over or off the road but it often makes it more difficult for skinning on roads after they have been thru and tore it up. Is there a particular you are leaning towards?

[ale_capone]

8 mile road can be a good one as long as the snow isn't too firm. 8 miles round trip? the first 2 miles are steep enough to make it a challenging ski in firm conditions. the only 2 rolls are short enough to manage with duck walking, or a short boot..gated, minimal sled traffic.. great views of cannon up. climb on top of the outhouse at the end for best views of the stuart range. bet its skiing great right now.

[Randito]

These Salmon Le Sac area roads have not required a sno-park, in prior years, but it's been three year since I been there. Hex Mtn near Ronald. U turn where the Hex Mtn road leaves the Salmon Le Sac road and park in wide area just before the bridge over Newport creek. Howson Creek road NF #128 , drive a little past the road and U-turn on Salmon le Sac road and park in wide spot. Walk back Salmon le Sac road ***** Tronsen basin area. Just north of Blewett Pass, in Chelan county. Two small parking areas where NF 7240 and 7245 meet HWY-97. The official sno-park right at Blewett pass requires a permit and is popular with snowmobiles. Some loops possible in Tronsen basin as well as out and backs. Snowmobiles not permitted in Tronsen basin. http://www.justgetout.net/Wenatchee/18351

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[whitebark]

I'm fond of the Jungle Creek Road that starts at the end of the plowed portion of the Teanaway River Road. And it is a voluntary no-snomobile area, too. The first portion of this road is very flat, however, so you won't get a speedy free ride on the way back. Check out roads in the nearbyTeanaway Community forest, too. Indian Creek is nice, but parking may be a problem (due to road side snowbanks).

[joker]

If you suck up the sno-park pass then Mt Margaret (Kirkendall describes in his XC book but USGS maps show the road network and you can figure out which gets you highest bestest :-) ) and Amabalis work. You will share the road with snowmobiles on Margaret - the number typically drops off once you branch off the groomed-for-snowmobiles road that goes over to Kecheelus Ridge. And their sometimes-presence does help in terms of nicely packed down snow in the road, which is for the most part not quite steep enough to make for fun downhilling if you're in deep untracked there (there used to be some good shortcutting of the switchbacks possible but trees in old clearcuts have a way of growing!!). Kirkendall describes several other decent "road tours" in his 100 ski tours Mounties published guidebook.

[joker]

Also check out a combination of USGS maps and aerial images to find other potential road skis. Some will have annoying brush on the road at points (e.g. Rampart Ridge from Gold Creek side for instance) but may be overall a decent outing if you don't mind a bit of that.

[joker]

The Burgdorfer (sp?) guidebook also has some tours that include a decent chunk of road skiing -in some cases you can continue on the road versus veering off as he may suggest in his descriptions.

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[thunderhead]

[Randito]

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[timberghost]

Too close to home?

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