According to the 2000-01 Wyoming Snowmobile Survey, prepared by nearby Laramie-based University of Wyoming for the Wyoming Department of State Parks and Historic Sites, 44 percent of Wyoming snowmobilers choose the Snowies as their favorite riding spot in the Cowboy state.
We've ridden the Snowy Range on several occasions and find the same great conditions every time we've been there, including just last Spring.
And it's not just that the snow is deep, it's that champaign light kind of dry powder that makes for great boondocking and tree riding and laying the sled down in the meadows kind of snow. Add to that Wyoming's notorious winds and there are some great wind drifts to jump all over the Snowies.
For hillclimbing, it's tough to beat the Widow Maker, which is near the tallest mountain in the Snowies. While the Widow Maker may be the most famous hillclimbing spot in the Snowies, there are plenty of others spread out across the band of mountains in southeast Wyoming.