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It generally doesn't snow up in Northwest Washington, any locals have good stories from riding??

This morning I decided to take a ride on the three inches of snow that we got around here...it was fun at first. I got into some great downhills, and got a good workout coming up them cuase of the spinning. I went and got my friend, and we rode back to this large hill...very long, and the best part of the trail, I had already hit it today, and so it was okay even with the snow, we rode back to the top, which the road is about 500 feet long with a steep incline the whole way. Its a very narrow road, you couldn't drive up it without bottoming out, and there is some very large rocks; I didn't pay attention to where the snow was coming off my wheel, but it was going right into my brakes, so we got to the top, and he wanted to race me to the bottom, so we started off, I hit the first turn, and lightly tap the brakes, and try to go inside on the corner...I didn't want to slide with the snow and all, well it didn't work, and so I jammed on hard, and they weren't even cathing, I was heading right for a big fence post, I could here my friend luaghing behind me, so instead off stoping I kept going barely correcting it, we blast off that part of the trail, onto the gravel stretch, where its pretty strait, but I have gone through more flats on this part of the trail than you can imagine, I still have no brakes, I thought that maybe they would have cleared out, so I am coming down this thing full bore, when I hit another patch of snow, and I generally don't ride in this rut cuase of the pot holes, but I couldn't swith sides cuase the middle is like a foot high...its easy when its dry, but on the snow, you just slide....I had a lot of air...anyway, very scarry ride this morning, anyone else having fun in this Northwest snow??