Nice picture of your brother there. I don't think I had seen this one before. What others are you holding out.
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Cats Meow Jamboree, April, 2015
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I missed the location of the Idaho one.
jim vt. i have NOt announced a location YET, putting together the final details, STAY tuned to this channel. thanks
you guys are GREAT ! we have serval signed up for the Silcox Hut sno-cat outing, it will be like our own mountain retreat.
happy 4 th of Tucker to all !
happy 4 th of Tucker to all !
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alright, alright, alright,
pleased to announce the 2017 sno-cat summit gathering will be in McCall Idaho, Feb. 23-26 of 2017, yes, i know it is way early to do this, you DO NOT want to miss this, McCall is truly a great place for a sno-cat jamboree to happen, I will start a new thread for this event.
pleased to announce the 2017 sno-cat summit gathering will be in McCall Idaho, Feb. 23-26 of 2017, yes, i know it is way early to do this, you DO NOT want to miss this, McCall is truly a great place for a sno-cat jamboree to happen, I will start a new thread for this event.
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sleddogracer
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nice! - that's only an 8 hour drive for me and on a route that is pretty much free of mountain passes, something unusual for the part of the world that I live in
For us only a couple of bumps (Cabbage and Meacham) sounds great (if the gorge is open.)
Sno-Surfer
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Awesome news for both events!! This makes my day!
I happen to be at Glacier Park now camping with my family in our vw camper. This place is awesome!
I'll see you all at both of these!
I happen to be at Glacier Park now camping with my family in our vw camper. This place is awesome!
I'll see you all at both of these!
silcox hut event is filling up, so, when the hut is full, you can stay in the lodge, government camp, down mountain, and or hood river oregon, or RV it, come for the day or stay for all three days, going to be fun, and the best part you do not need to spend big money to come and have a great time with great sno-cat folks. thanks tuckerville minion
Sno-Surfer
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We may re-book ourselves to the lodge this year. I called yesterday and this year they are charging per kid as well so it puts the silcox hut into a much more expensive stay. 
Dang cause the kids loved it up there.
I'm sure they'll enjoy the lodge too.
Dang cause the kids loved it up there. I'm sure they'll enjoy the lodge too.
Re: Cats Meow Jamboree, April, 2015(midwest edition)
In the spring of 2016.
Specifically first weekend in February.
there is a Two-Three day vintage sno(w) cat get together in Iron wood MI.
it is a mere 22 hour drive for you........
Trail rides to lake superior Thursday and Friday. (guided and/or go it alone if you prefer)
Vintage over the snow show Sat AM. (reduced chair lift and rentals for participant families )
Snow cat operation on the Big Powder horn Sat PM.
Trail ride to Live music ( picture attached)
Demo rides by reservation
Award/Dinner program Saturday night.
Mike
worthy of mention:
In addition but somewhat unrelated, in past years there was quite a bit of chat about Loading some dry vans with cats and contracting a carrier to ship them to the West coast events and back at a later date.
This would allow participants to fly to and from events making it doable for us working stiffs......
In the spring of 2016.
Specifically first weekend in February.
there is a Two-Three day vintage sno(w) cat get together in Iron wood MI.
it is a mere 22 hour drive for you........
Trail rides to lake superior Thursday and Friday. (guided and/or go it alone if you prefer)
Vintage over the snow show Sat AM. (reduced chair lift and rentals for participant families )
Snow cat operation on the Big Powder horn Sat PM.
Trail ride to Live music ( picture attached)
Demo rides by reservation
Award/Dinner program Saturday night.
Mike
worthy of mention:
In addition but somewhat unrelated, in past years there was quite a bit of chat about Loading some dry vans with cats and contracting a carrier to ship them to the West coast events and back at a later date.
This would allow participants to fly to and from events making it doable for us working stiffs......
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cats meow at timberline/silcox hut is may 6,7,and 8 th,2016, one day two days or all three your choice, you can keep it low cost or go for the room in the lodge, your choice, just be sure to come and cat around, it is going to be a fabulous year for sno!!!
So I guess its ON, for the 2016 as well?
I just wanted to throw this in.
picture was taken last week.
I wonder where all that snow went?
Thanks for posting a pic Jim
sleddogracer
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looks a bit off kilter
So I guess its ON, for the 2016 as well?
I wonder where all that snow went?
Thanks for posting a pic Jim
yes, the event is on, low profile, with lots of cat on hill time, oh, the sno will be back and deep,
We were near there two weeks ago. The famous Palmer Sno(w) Field (Famous for year-around skiing) was so small that one would have to walk to the top (down from the lift) ski in the ice and mud to the bottom of it, then walk the remaining distance (about half way) to ride up from the midway loading terminal. It had been shut down about two weeks before that, so the entire uphill and most of the down would be "muscledraulic", and the weather has been great too.
I remember in the '70's climbing up to stand on the near chimney. It was a climb of about two inches. No technical gear required.
Just in the rare instance you don't believe the downhill guy, here is a photo of the west chimney of Silcox Hut in '72. (That's it to downhill's left and I might add less than a two inch climb). He had hair back then.
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Sno-Surfer
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Great photo! That tucker looks ahead of its time!
I can barely wait for the cat meow again!
I can barely wait for the cat meow again!
Great photo! That tucker looks ahead of its time!
I can barely wait for the cat meow again!
That is a 1970 543-A with the 318ci engine we used on Mt. Hood. The 28 inch steel tracks were removed and the rubber belted tracks were one of the first set Tucker made and we tested for them. You can see the second Magic Mile Ribblet chair lift in the back ground. It was built on the next ridge west of the original for obvious reasons, the first one got buried on a regular basis. Silcox Hut was the upper terminal for that first lift built in late 1930's. I remember riding on that lift with my skis on the snow in a hand shoveled trench. When the lift shut down, the Timberline lift crew would cover the trench with plywood to try to keep as much snow out for the next day.
This photo shows what lift crews had to deal with in those years. This is a 1947 423 Sno-Cat at Silcox Hut.
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I almost forgot about this.
I almost forgot about this.
will the non silcox people be allowed to visit but not sleep at it?
jim
why yes they will be more than welcome, Silcox will be like our own private on mountain resort lodge