Headed to cooke city this year for the fist time riding mountains what do i need to bring? gear wise and what snowmobile adjustments do i have to make, such as jetting clutching is there anything else? Headed from wisconsin.
1st trip out west
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first thing would have to be avy beacons. cookes been known for a few of them...the elevation in that area is around the 10k or so
what kind of sled are you bringing up there
what kind of sled are you bringing up there
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Safety gear, if you don't have it.
First and foremost, a beacon. Take a course if you've never been exposed to that side of mountain riding before.
I also suggest tekvest and knee guards.
Dress in layers, be prepared for weather to change in minutes.
Make sure you have a shovel; snowbunje and high-lift jack are nice too... you'll be stuck a lot
Go prepared and you'll have a blast.
First and foremost, a beacon. Take a course if you've never been exposed to that side of mountain riding before.
I also suggest tekvest and knee guards.
Dress in layers, be prepared for weather to change in minutes.
Make sure you have a shovel; snowbunje and high-lift jack are nice too... you'll be stuck a lot
Go prepared and you'll have a blast.
you should be fine its only as technical as you want it to be you could just play around in the bowls and valleys you might want a gps in case the weather moves in.
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kssnow987
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A long track mountain sled. I've seen a few flatlanders have he!! of a time getting around after a big storm. Myself included back in the 90's. Other than that, bring cash, poker and cheap drinks at Soda Butte!
Anytime your riding in the Mtns bring enough stuff to spend the night. Even if you plan to stay close to the trails and take it easy anything can happen. Know somebody with plenty of experience that was just out for an easy ride with his younger son a couple years ago things happened and they had to spend the night in the Mtns. Go prepared and have fun.
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First timer???
Be very carefull out their and Talk to some people about the area....
Could be a Great time or can be The last time.
First timer???
Be very carefull out their and Talk to some people about the area....
Could be a Great time or can be The last time.
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anziconda
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Like above, Can't say enough of the importance of a beacon and training...without those two, stay home!!! Also, a Gps would be kind of helpfull. Overnight in the hills stuff in your pack. I would also just recommend renting a sled there. Your short track won't be set up for the elevation so you might as well rent one thats already set up so you can enjoy your time there instead of tuning the whole time...could be misleading too cause you're going to see all those tracks way up there and your shorttrack won't be able to even get 1/4 of the way up the same hill so you'll be thinking its set up wrong
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Change weights-- lighter, gear down(possibly), Jet down-no air out here at 10k feet--- Call a sled shop in the area and ask them for clutch weights and jetting.
Change weights-- lighter, gear down(possibly), Jet down-no air out here at 10k feet--- Call a sled shop in the area and ask them for clutch weights and jetting.
I am from Indiana and did my 1st trip west in 1994.
I had rode many places in Wyoming and Colorado(and Cooke) since.
How did you pick Cooke for your 1st trip?
Are you going with other guys that already know the area?
How many days are you going to ride?
I am just thinking that somewhere on the Continental Divide trail in Wyoming would be a much better 1st trip west.
i thought the same thing. big horns are a great first mtn trip. bear lodge area
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I did my first bit of mountain riding in cooke on a rental sled. I stayed real close and wasn't about to push anything.
Cooke can be an awesome place to ride or can scare the bejeasus out of you or kill you quick. It seems like someone dies there in an avy every year.
If your not going with a group of people that have ridden there before or at least have ridden the mtn's a lot, I'd suggest changing location to something like the bighorns.
Get a beacon, Probes, and shovel and learn how to use them check in on one of Mike Duffy's Avy safety classes
There's one coming up in Minneapolis that you might want to make the trip to and BRING YOUR RIDING PARTNERS as they are the ones that will have to dig you out if you manage to get buried.
Cooke can be an awesome place to ride or can scare the bejeasus out of you or kill you quick. It seems like someone dies there in an avy every year.
If your not going with a group of people that have ridden there before or at least have ridden the mtn's a lot, I'd suggest changing location to something like the bighorns.
Get a beacon, Probes, and shovel and learn how to use them check in on one of Mike Duffy's Avy safety classes
There's one coming up in Minneapolis that you might want to make the trip to and BRING YOUR RIDING PARTNERS as they are the ones that will have to dig you out if you manage to get buried.
I have a 159" track and do a lot of backcountry riding in the u.p. and i am going with a bunch of guys that go there every year twice a year. as for a gps got that, a becon, shovel,probes,and a snobunje got all of that. just got a team secondary but money is tight and don't know if i can get the helix and spring for it. but i was also wondering what kind of other stuff do you pack in your pack. I would imagine strike anywhere matches so powerbars or something to eat but what else?
for your pack, bring water too. extra set of gloves is always nice as well. i pack a survival kit and a fire blanket/poncho thing.
there are things i'm forgetting but i can't think of them.
there are things i'm forgetting but i can't think of them.
One thing that we take with us when we go riding anywhere are MRE (Meal Ready to Eat) they have a ton of food in them and packed full of carbos and I think you should be able to get them at Army suppy stores. My hubby is retired Air Force so I can get them on base.
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