This was the first of the snow we saw at the third switchback. I thought "yeah thats not bad, we won't see much more of that."
Thats Ian on the 5th. Still not too bad.
I love the ambiance of winter riding. Out in the elements. Poor visibility. I'd like to do this post again with some Zombies Photoshopped in.
Ok down to the details. This is the entrance to Pipeline. Not bad. Later on we would hook up with Alanb and ride down. Pipeline is muddy in places but accessible and ridable.
This is looking forward from the entrance to Pipeline.
Expresso wasn't looking too bad either. Ready to start the trip down? Nope, not us.
Well, Ian and I could have bailed, but our bikes would have gone on without us. 
Around the end of the 5th and all the 6th was a little depressing. Upper oil can is not long for this season. 7th, well as much as I love her, just ain't worth it. The snow varied between 1 and 1.5 feet after around the Expresso Entrance.
If you really really want to, the entrance to Upper Oil Can still looks doable.
Finally we hit our destination.
Here is the entrance, not too bad looking but you'll still be doing a lot of walking in the snow if you start here. Our trail combo for the day was a classic. 7th into Pipeline. Pipeline like mentioned earlier was pretty clear. 7th was an on again off again mess for the first 60%. 
If you do ride in this, please take rations, a friend and respect the trails. We all depend on our builders and they would prolly rather we not make craters with our tires.
Other than that, feel free to poach our line.
