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Mid-winter Mattawa ride w/video!

Joined Aug 2010
144 Posts | 26+
Roslyn, Wa
With a very low snow year we have been forced to rest the snowmobiles until we receive further amounts of snow. This does however, allow us to have an excuse to pull the bikes back out for a great little ride with friends!

With several of the guys planning a trip to Baja in February, it was decided to head east out to the desert rather than the coastal side of the State. While the snow in the hills is thin, its still enough to not allow for mountain riding.

As we climbed Saddle Mountain the freezing fog became very thick. It was roughly 2000ft. Josh took the time to take this photo of his bike near the top of the hill.



The single track through the frozen sage brush was very eerie. An annoying issue was freezing fog glazing over our goggles. This proved to be too much. We all decided to drop down the mountain, and out of the fog.



The trails headed down had some fast sections in the canyons



After dropping out of the fog our group happened upon one of the many monster hill climbs in the Mattawa area. I rode half way up the hill and stopped. Gently laying Bergy down so as to be able to take some pictures.



Bryan makes a go at it!



Ben would really "wring out" his KTM 350, nearly making it to the top on every attempt. Here, I got a shot of him headed down to make yet another attempt at the hill.



I decided it was Bergy's turn. This motor is simply amazing. I must admit that bouncing off the rev limiter gave me guilty feeling. Im not normally this hard on my bikes. But, Husaberg HAD to represent for the day!

HERE IS THE LINK TO THE VIDEO

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SePf-0K00sQ
 
Nice hill climb, I liked your buddies commentary in the background :lol:

We have the same weather here, going on the 3rd week with no sun and freezing temps, yet no snow. The freezing fog is fun eh? We were having our goggles freeze over yesterday also.

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Hi Berg570FE
being from N Idaho saddle back mountains are our winter play ground
was it dusty ? heard rumors that that is dry and dusty
looks colder there than N ID ,I have been reluctant to go down there because of fog and temp
I have been in the fog on top of the mountain and it is no fun it is so easy to get lost because you cant see any reference points looks
you should have tried climbing haeback hill that would have put 501 to the test

later VIKING
 
Viking-
Yes, under a thin wet layer from the freezing fog, melting, is all dry . No dust for us, but one can see that it won't take much to become a dust bowl!

That hill is unclimbable for sure! Hit it wide open on both my 570 and my 501 and couldn't begin to make it. The 501, which revs higher it seems, did make it a bit higher up. :D
 

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