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IG is the newest and large growing zone for snowmobile enthusiasts and especially the more "bro" mountain riding.

However, anytime you ask where they are, where to go to find snow, zero replies or smartass replies ensue.

Is this usual with keeping the lid on good spots and early season good snow areas? I've asked around for places within 10 HOURS of me driving to go ride, and have fun, and get zero feedback.

Kinda frustrating tbh. Y'all seem equally or even more crotchety than freshwater fishermen. Am I off base or on target?
 
chickenstixx said:
IG is the newest and large growing zone for snowmobile enthusiasts and especially the more "bro" mountain riding.

However, anytime you ask where they are, where to go to find snow, zero replies or smartass replies ensue.

Is this usual with keeping the lid on good spots and early season good snow areas? I've asked around for places within 10 HOURS of me driving to go ride, and have fun, and get zero feedback.

Kinda frustrating tbh. Y'all seem equally or even more crotchety than freshwater fishermen. Am I off base or on target?
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Why would they? I don’t identify with that type of person, but don’t disagree with their lack of disclosure. In my opinion, social media is a blessing and more so a curse for snowmobiling. It’s become easier for owners to fill lodging, but harder for us to find places to stay. It’s great to find new places to ride so easily, until everyone finds them too and they’re wasted. Part of the adventure; at least for me, is the exploration and poking into new areas to find hidden gold. I think it’s aggravating to seeing the shift to where someone can hold out their hands and ask for an easy answer.
 
I guess, but driving 8 hours one way to find a sled spot isnt hard, it would be just stupid not knowing where to go or if there was even snow. I said "area" not "hey man whatre gps spots!?"
 
There is still untouched spots out there, but there aren’t huge parks and open hills within site of the trail. Spend some time on google earth. Bail off the trail into the trees and see what’s there. IMO there is still lots of good riding you just have to go find it. Sone days it comes to you. Had a ride a couple if years ago with 3 ft of fresh on the trail and not a soul in front of us, it happens sometimes, but you can’t expect it.
 
I completely agree with chickenstixx point. He's not asking for someone's secret stash, but where on earth they are? Snowys, Rabbit Ears, Grand Mesa, Togwotee, West Yellowstone etc.... Yes a guy can research online till you are blue in the face but it is never as good as feet on the ground reports. Snotel site may not show much because the wind blew it away in that spot, but they could have gotten a foot of fresh. When you're driving 8 or 18 hours, you want to make the most of it and go to an area with good snow.
Aren't busy areas a good thing to some extent? Don't we want this sport to survive? The only time I have an issue with a busy area is the parking lot. After that, if you spend a bit of time exploring you can find rather large untouched areas pretty easily. I always get a kick out of guys saying don't go here, we'd just left and it's all tracked up (from us)! I can spend the rest of the week riding untracked snow still.
 
Survive? Every dealership we've talked to can't keep up with sales. ALL new people that just moved here from front range Colorado, Texas, California, etc with no clue what they are doing.

Rabbit Ears parking lot was crammed full of 5th wheel trailers from Minnesota, Iowa, Kansas, etc

So forgive us if we want to escape these masses of people that all want that big mountain experience with a guidebook or Facebook post telling them EXACTLY where to go. This isn't like the 70s where the boom was spread amongst a whole lot of states and people rode their snowmobiles around their yard. They congregate in only a few locations now on federal land. Less and less areas now due to government mismanagement.

So screw Instagram and Facebook. Screw location services on your cell phone. Turn them off and enjoy the outdoors away from masses of people.
 
Well this year isn't the norm by any means. Maybe by spring all of us will have good pickings of barely used sleds for cheap!
 
People keep saying that about Powersports equipment, vans, sports cars, housing, etc...

I just don't see it happening. The work from home movement is probably here to stay even after the pandemic. It likely is going to stay busy at trailheads for a long time.

Even with an economic crash the availability of credit is so easy that people are not likely to liquidate their assets so quickly. That plus inflation means you are still paying too much for even used equipment.
 
farmboy84 said:
I completely agree with chickenstixx point. He's not asking for someone's secret stash, but where on earth they are? Snowys, Rabbit Ears, Grand Mesa, Togwotee, West Yellowstone etc.... Yes a guy can research online till you are blue in the face but it is never as good as feet on the ground reports. Snotel site may not show much because the wind blew it away in that spot, but they could have gotten a foot of fresh. When you're driving 8 or 18 hours, you want to make the most of it and go to an area with good snow.
Aren't busy areas a good thing to some extent? Don't we want this sport to survive? The only time I have an issue with a busy area is the parking lot. After that, if you spend a bit of time exploring you can find rather large untouched areas pretty easily. I always get a kick out of guys saying don't go here, we'd just left and it's all tracked up (from us)! I can spend the rest of the week riding untracked snow still.
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If researching online isn’t as good as “feet on the ground reports,” then why ask for a handout on this website? Isn’t that a little ironic? If you’re looking for basic “where to go ride” level information and can’t find what you’re looking for across multiple established forums and social media outlets...without even asking a single question, your research game needs help. Shoot; I live in Ohio, and found every piece of information I need to plan trips west just by being resourceful and looking for it online in older forum posts, reaching out to lodges, asking within circles of friends, and so on.
 
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What's sad is SnoWest used to be THE place to find info on snow conditions. There were at least a few posts a week from members updating conditions of many different riding areas. Now you go look in the state forums and there is barely anything. I don't know if many left and are just on social media now or what. Yes a guy has to be resourceful and find info on their own, but it shouldn't be as difficult. Everything today is "it's all about me" and not helping anyone else out.
 
Blame Facebook and Instagram for ruining it. Not Snowest.

Finding snow conditions is so easy now with the internet. You don't even need social media to do it. We used to have to call a phone number to get the overnight ski totals back in the day. Same with finding out the surf conditions. Claiming we are hiding it is a false statement. We are just surprised you can't figure it out when it is so easy. There is nothing difficult about it.
 
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Blame Facebook and Instagram for ruining it. Not Snowest.

Finding snow conditions is so easy now with the internet. You don't even need social media to do it. We used to have to call a phone number to get the overnight ski totals back in the day. Same with finding out the surf conditions. Claiming we are hiding it is a false statement. We are just surprised you can't figure it out when it is so easy. There is nothing difficult about it.
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Exactly my point. And it’s not that nobody is willing to help; I enjoy helping people, but geez whiz, try figuring stuff out on your own first, will ya?
 
IcutMetl said:
Exactly my point. And it’s not that nobody is willing to help; I enjoy helping people, but geez whiz, try figuring stuff out on your own first, will ya?
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I have already asked multiple areas to ride and zero responses.

I dont have hours to spend looking to find out where good areas are to ride, then having "close circles of friends" in W yellowstone or in jackNoff, USA to ask, hey is there enough snow to safely go off-trail?

I have a job for you, find out, thru the internet, how the riding and snowfall is around Brian Head, UT. I know how it is, and it is garbage. Theres a few spots I personally know about that are safe, but theres still wide open spots of trail thats frozen dirt. Sorry for upsetting you with my millennial laziness oh great snowest overlord of the internets research, metal cutter lord.

All im after is a name of a parking parking lot with safe (free from logs & stumps) parking lot to go explore trails and slopes, while supporting local economies with my money :)
 
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