Cooke City, Montana / Backcountry Sledboard 2015 / M8 Cat & RMK Pro 800 / Burton Fish Pow Boards

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Cooke City is a snowmobile town in the winter. Park out front and ride from your hotel to the trail out of town and into the mountains.

 Getting some snowmobile riding in before the boarding. Had a good snowmobile ride yesterday, getting a feel for the sleds and snow conditions. We were up near Daisy Pass, found some good drops for the snowboards, so game on...

 Weez dropping out of the trees and heading for the sled.

 We had to pose for the sledboard pictures after a very good day in the backcountry on the sleds and boards. The other sled was up top waiting for us.

Each run consisted of both of us riding our sleds down to the bottom, leaving one there. Then Weez would climb on the sled, sit down and hold onto the mountain strap on the handle bars, I would stand behind her. It was a wild ride, climbing back up the mountain on the sled. She really must trust me because I'm on the gas all the way. then we would board down and repeat the ride back up.

 The final drop down to the the sled was steep and powder.

 It was a blast to get back on the sleds and ride the mountains. The final day we rented an Arctic Cat M800 / 153 inch track and a Polaris PRO RMK 800 / 155 inch track. The sleds are about 160 horsepower...they rip!

 We finished the trip off with a ride up the trail, not ready to give up the riding and being in the mountains. Mountain cabin with Elk antlers and thick blanket of snow.

Main street Cooke City, Montana

Sledboard on!!

KNOBBY

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Knobbies on the brain...

 

 Start em young...knobby.

Day 3 / Wyoming Backcountry Snowmobile Trip

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After 2 great days of wind and snow in the mountains, day 3 was sunny and windy. I am one who likes it stormy with adverse conditions. It is good to have the sunny days to scout larger areas with visibility like we had today.

It was a great day to explore the distance mountain ridges and bowls. The winds were howling across the mountain tops just like I like it. Here are a few pictures from today.

Thanks for checking my adventures out.

 The views were awesome and the winds were whipping the snow into interesting sculptures.

After many miles up and down the mountains in the backcountry, it was one last downhill to a creek and then head back to the truck. Good day in the mountains...we all came back safe along with some great adventures and deep powder riding experiences.

Good Night...1 more day of riding. 

Backcountry Ripper

New powder sled M8/162

Sled Deck, Load Em Up Partner

First time loading the M8 on my truck deck...yeah! No more trailer on the trip out to Montana next month.

Getting ready to go out to the hill for Ski Patrol tonight. It's gonna be a good night, it's dumping and we are supposed to get about 12 - 15 inches of new snow...GOOD TIMES!!

Wyoming / Shak Gang / Day 3

Ghost Rider
One of the Gang got bucked off at the top and could only watch as the 2 pine trees jumped out in front of his sled. The little tree went first but big buddy tree stood his ground. The group was able to repair the damage. After all that excitement we all gathered for a mountain lunch and basked in the 30 degrees and sunshine...GOOD TIMES!!

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Another sunny mild day in the mountains. We explored an area that I saw for the first time 6 years ago on my first trip with the Shak Gang. That year I was one of 3 rookies on rented sleds. I had brought my snowboard and even snowboarded in this area that year. We have been back on these mountains 1 or 2 times since. It is a hard place to get into when it is storming, it requires alot of sidehilling and climbing to access. It is well worth it. The untouched powder was incredible and the sights were great. It was a good day in the mountains. We had 1 incident that involved a sled but the rider was not in the saddle at the time and so everybody was OK and with a little backcountry repair the sled was restored to order with a few battle wounds.

I'll let the pictures do the talking.

I will be back with the sleds and snowboards in the future. We were able to climb to the top of several mountains and the snow boarding will be great.

Later...

Wyoming / Shak Gang / Day 2

Throwing on some pictures of the day. 2 - 3 feet of fresh powder and bright sunlight makes for a good day on the mountain.

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