Just checked the Bancroft weather forecast - calling for 9 below tonight and 1-3 cm of snow.

Mark Williams and I are going up there tomorrow morning to check a couple of distances, so I'll take my camera.  Photos should be posted later tomorrow.

Stage condition photos now posted.  Note - just a touch of snow on the MNR roads.  At this point the ground is not frozen yet (Thursday Nov. 08).

SuzukiSwiftGT wrote on 11/09/7 at 11:13:12:


http://www.tallpinesrally.com/TallPines/Default.aspx?tabid=143

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Anthony... don't beleve the forcast at all.  The 14-day projection... every few hours it changed... snow, sun, sun/cloud, rain, rain/snow, snoe, sun....

What has remained pretty constant is the few days leading up to Pines is looking like rain (exoect washouts and soft sections), and expect it to get very cold the night before.  Every year that I have been to Pines, the Friday night ends up being very cold, regardless of what the weather is on saturday.  

Even in the last few hours, the forcast for thursday has gone from 90% to 100% chance of rain.  Generally hovering around freezing... which means frozen shady areas.

Hoping to get a full report from my friends/neighbours who have a hunt camp in off Upper Turrif... the other week when it snowed a little bit.... they reported 4-5" of snow, with the majority gone the next day.

Bought 6 snow tires this weekend!  Now if only I could get a windshield installed without them breaking it.  (Guy we use broke my spare windshield on saturday morning... new one arrives tuesday/wednesday... if that one breaks, I'm pretty much SOL)

darn you mother nature!  
gives us snow, or gravel, but not both!!!

i've never been one for classics Bryn!  

The last few nights have been pretty frosty here and probably similar in Bancroft. That should firm the roads up. It will likley make any snow that falls stick around also.

Like someone else said, wait for the 48 hr forecast. Long-term forecasts change too much.

I'd predict similar to last year.  Especially in the morning.
Last year, the first stage was VERY slippery, because it was so cold in the morning, and there was a frost on the bare gravel roads.  It went to normal once the sun came out.  Soft gravel tires were the only choice, but they still didn't work that great.
There could be potential for more snow throughout the day this year.  But not much, and for the backrunners, I wouldn't expect anything but gravel.
Edit: a very likely condition, if it stays below 0 during the day is ICE, rather than snow... has anyone ever tractionized a gravel tire??