Garden City..

[sledordie]

I'm planning a trip to Utah for the first time. Someone reccommended riding out of Garden City. Can anyone tell me if this area is any good?

 

[m_beeson]

never been there, but garden city is up by bear lake. That area has the most snow right now. http://www.snowest.com/forum/showthread.php?t=113526 This should get you to the M8Chris franklin basin post, franklin basin is fairly close to garden city.

What area are you going to be staying in, in utah? and when are you comming? maybe we can recommend a good riding area near your place of stay.

 

[Killerk]

You can pretty much ride right from garden city.
You also have about 5 other options within a 20-30 minute drive.
Bloomington, paris, beaver mountain (egan basin), franklin basin, tony grove, the sinks... Lots of good areas up there.
They have trail maps at the entrance to logan canyon.
I'm sure you could find trail maps in garden city if you travel a different route.

 

[sledordie]

We have reservations at a cottage right in garden city. they said the trail head is near the house. We are planning to arrive the 22nd of January. We're looking for some deep powder and steep hills, if that helps you reccommend a specific area. Thanks

 

[sledordie]

Thanks Killerk. Are there people riding up there yet?

 

[MTNDOO-]

If your looking for aggressive style riding then Bloomington or Tonys Grove are your best bets. We typically park at the Franklin Basin parking lot and then go in towards white pine lake. In laws live in Paris so you can ride up either Paris Canyon or Bloomington Canyon and it all connects together and there is some fantastic riding and climbing up there. Tonys can be a bit of a trick if the snow is really deep which it tends to be that time of year, also with high avy danger.

Riding from Garden City up to Logan Canyon (Sinks, Beaver Mountain, South towards Hardware ranch) is kinda a pain in the butt to me. We always trailer up the canyon and save the gas in the sleds. YOU CAN ride from garden city, is it the best option?? I don't think so.....IMO If its deep snow or high avy danger, I would recommend sticking to Beaver Mountain, or Franklin Basin.

Keep in mind if you ride any of those places other than the sinks, Tonys or south of HWY 89 you will need Idaho out-of-state tags available at the chevron at the bottom of the canyon in garden city.

 

[sledordie]

MTNDOO, Maybe if ya have time you could show us around for a day..

 

[Killerk]

Shoot me a pm or post on this thread when it gets closer. I would be glad to show you around.
MTNDOO is right... For big hills, chutes, etc. Bloomington or tony grove is your best bet.
If it is bad weather or high avy danger, beaver mountain or franklin basin will be your best bet.
Still some real good climbing in franklin, and like mtndoo said, you can acces tony grove from the franklin side and there is some excelent terrain.
I also am not a big fan of the sinks, but I don't know the area real well.

I too think your best bet for terrain will be to trailer 20-30 minutes from garden city.
Mike

 

[MTNDOO-]

MTNDOO, Maybe if ya have time you could show us around for a day..

I would love to get up that way, but I am in Sun Valley the previous weekend and it is the Annual dootalk ride the weekend after......Don't think I can push it with the wife after that many trips.

Your only one weekend off of the big annual Dootalk ride.......

And for anyothers........It is a skidoo ride, but we don't discriminate. Reference here....http://www.dootalk.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=249329

 

[sledordie]

thanks mike and mtndoo, you've been really helpful. I can't wait to get out there. I should say though mike, i'm bringing with a good size group (8 total sleds, two of them being short tracks), and a few of them have only been to the mountains once. Is there places where they can have fun AND the rest of us can tear it up?

 

[MTNDOO-]

thanks mike and mtndoo, you've been really helpful. I can't wait to get out there. I should say though mike, i'm bringing with a good size group (8 total sleds, two of them being short tracks), and a few of them have only been to the mountains once. Is there places where they can have fun AND the rest of us can tear it up?

In that situation I would say franklin basin or Beaver Mountain are your best bets. Short tracks would be a bad situation in tonys or bloomington. You can connect to both areas through Danish Pass. I can give you GPS coords to some favorite spots if you need them.

 

[sledordie]

I'll drop ya a pm when the date gets closer. That would get us close to where we need to be. I'll need all the help i can get.

 

[Killerk]

Shoot me a pm as it gets closer.
Franklin and beaver are very easy to navigate.
With a trail map and some basic directions you will be able to get in a good ride and have some fun doing so.
Beaver mountain (Egan Basin) would be good cuz you have a groomed trail and meadows with some small hills to climb without traving off the road very far.
Then you can cross over danish pass into franklin and have a safe ride also.
Franklin you have to drive further up the road before it opens up into some meadows.
Depending on how far north you ride, you will end up in idaho and if you go over to competition hill you will run into rangers. So be prepared with proper registration.