Day 3 – Trailered the sleds to the Big Sky Trail system for Day 3. Snowing pretty hard in the morning – took us an hour to get through the trailhead drifts and get parked… 🙁 – But once we were there – wow! The snow was great! Visibility- not so much, had to head back early to not get too lost…
Here is a video Chuck took entering Tepee Basin
Jamie entering Tepee
Many of you know that Chuck scrunched his sled on a stump last month – as you can see – he is very happy that it is all fixed.
Chuck near Big Sky
Chuck at Big Sky
Chuck at Big Sky
Chuck at Big Sky
Chuck at Big Sky
Oops!
Three Amigos! At Tepee Basin.Hey – I was here, too – at least my helmet and sled!Todd at lunch
Todd jumping a creek at Tepee BasinJamie finding a “not-so” short cut…
Hey – even I got stuck – but no one took pictures! Great day!
Well, it’s our fifth annual trip to West Yellowstone to snowmobile with long time friends. This year we are staying in Island Park, ID (about 20 minutes outside of West Yellowstone, MT). The condos are a little less luxurious, but the snowmobile trails are a LOT less bumpy, and it’s faster to ride to some of the good riding areas.
Day 1 – We are riding with longtime friends: Jamie and Todd from Wisconsin and Dan and his son, Ethan, from Utah.
Trail near Big Springs. Lots of snow, not much visibility Here is the group contemplating which direction to head nextChuck and Todd helping Jamie get unstuck. Did I mention there was not much visibility?
Day 2 – Feb 4 2019.
Day 2 the visibility was sometimes better, sometimes worse… But I was able to snap a few more photos… We stayed in the Island Park area – rode in white out conditions over Two Top Mountain in the morning and explored the Sawtell area to the West of the highway in the afternoon. Since you can’t tell who is who here is a quick photo summary:
ChuckJamieToddEthan Dan
When you see a pink jacket and yellow sled, that is me… didn’t use the selfie stick today…
Dan and Ethan heading down the trailJamie getting some airTodd adding a color splash to the sceneryWhich way to go??View of Richardson MtnA little bit of blue sky sneaking outLooked like someone forgot to drain / shut off their sprinkler – quite the frozen fountain
We climbed all the way to the top of Sheep Basin, and looked out on the valley on the other side. We had played in that valley the day before. Later, we dropped down on that side of the ridge… View from the top:
This is a video of a climb up a side chute in Sheep Basin. It starts out just looking like I’m following Dan on flat ground. When I turn out you get a feel for the slope, and then when the camera points back down the hill, you can see how far we’ve climbed up……
