Longtime Steamboat resident Glen Cox phoned to say he fondly recalls fishing in the pond he always knew as Blecha's Pond. In the late 1930's, he said the pond contained large rainbows up to 6 pounds. The Blechas stocked the pond and charged anglers 50 cents a pound if they kept their catch, he said. Cox fished with Oliver Bartholomew, who once generously paid for a 5-pounder he caught. Cox used a telescoping steel rod and worms to hook the big trout. When Ann Casey acquired the property, Cox said, her gas station and cafe were right on Highway 40 where the cabin in front of the fishing pier is today.
The short answer to your question is, No, there are no designated ski trails the way there are on a permitted ski area. Don't look for trail signs announcing "Corduroy's Criss Cross."
However, the pattern of aspen forests at mid elevation on Buff Pass leaves long alleys of open terrain that almost suggest ski runs at a ski area. To my mind, most of the obvious terrain is intermediate. There is a network of travel trails created by snowmobiles and snow cats. The Forest Service has said it would continue to study those trails in the interest of safety There is only a relatively small area set aside as a nonmotorized backcountry skiing zone on Buff Pass. There are more acres set aside for nonmotorized on Rabbit Ears Pass Much of the public (non commercial) skiing and riding that takes place on Buff Pass is of the hybrid variety ---- people using snowmobiles to drive on packed trails and make laps on the mountain. If the boundaries on the map are unclear to you, I would urge you to vist the Forest Service office across the highway from the Holiday Inn (next to the Shell branded convenience store). I am no expert on the boundaries.
As you are probably aware, the growing demand for recreation on Buffalo Pass is driven by people pursuing different styles of playing in the snow that aren't entirely compatible. The U.S. Forest Service says it is making efforts to balance the needs of as many people as it can. But, not everyone is content with the current management plan.
Backcountry purists don't want to hear the whine of snowmobiles, snowmobilers don't want to be constrained, hybrids are rugged individualists with secrets to keep, and so it goes.
It would be great if all of the people enjoying their own form of recreation on Buff Pass this winter increased their efforts to show respect for one another. But this is the real world, isn't it?
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Longtime Steamboat resident Glen Cox phoned to say he fondly recalls fishing in the pond he always knew as Blecha's Pond. In the late 1930's, he said the pond contained large rainbows up to 6 pounds. The Blechas stocked the pond and charged anglers 50 cents a pound if they kept their catch, he said.
Cox fished with Oliver Bartholomew, who once generously paid for a 5-pounder he caught. Cox used a telescoping steel rod and worms to hook the big trout.
When Ann Casey acquired the property, Cox said, her gas station and cafe were right on Highway 40 where the cabin in front of the fishing pier is today.
October 6, 2010 at 9:39 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
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Flipside
Sorry about the delayed reaction
by rugged individualist, I mean someone who doesn't run with the pack and certainly doesn't tell anyone where their secret stash is
Hybrids could be snowboarders, alpine skiers or Telemark skiers
Hey southrouttmucker
I didn't know the surf was up in Oak Creek --- how much snow is there on Dunckley?
TR
December 6, 2006 at 3:11 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
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Good to hear from you corduroy
The short answer to your question is, No, there are no designated ski trails the way there are on a permitted ski area. Don't look for trail signs announcing "Corduroy's Criss Cross."
However, the pattern of aspen forests at mid elevation on Buff Pass leaves long alleys of open terrain that almost suggest ski runs at a ski area.
To my mind, most of the obvious terrain is intermediate.
There is a network of travel trails created by snowmobiles and snow cats. The Forest Service has said it would continue to study those trails in the interest of safety
There is only a relatively small area set aside as a nonmotorized backcountry skiing zone on Buff Pass. There are more acres set aside for nonmotorized on Rabbit Ears Pass
Much of the public (non commercial) skiing and riding that takes place on Buff Pass is of the hybrid variety ---- people using snowmobiles to drive on packed trails and make laps on the mountain.
If the boundaries on the map are unclear to you, I would urge you to vist the Forest Service office across the highway from the Holiday Inn (next to the Shell branded convenience store). I am no expert on the boundaries.
As you are probably aware, the growing demand for recreation on Buffalo Pass is driven by people pursuing different styles of playing in the snow that aren't entirely compatible.
The U.S. Forest Service says it is making efforts to balance the needs of as many people as it can. But, not everyone is content with the current management plan.
Backcountry purists don't want to hear the whine of snowmobiles, snowmobilers don't want to be constrained, hybrids are rugged individualists with secrets to keep, and so it goes.
It would be great if all of the people enjoying their own form of recreation on Buff Pass this winter increased their efforts to show respect for one another. But this is the real world, isn't it?
What are your views?
TR
November 30, 2006 at 4:12 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
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