Summer riding in Island Park and West Yellowstone.

[christopher]

Today I took my boys up to the same areas that we spent all last winter sledding on, but today we were riding our Polaris RZRs.

Wow.
What a huge difference a hundred inches of snow makes.

I had never really spent any time up there in the summer before, and today I slowly drove around all the jumping off spots from the main trails to the better sledding areas.

I was just struck by the massive difference in the terrain between summer and winter. The tree fall up there is staggering. Anything much less than 30 inches of snow and I would think most of it would be unrideable just because of the trees.

But the boys and I had a blast and looked at several new places to go sledding next season that we hadn't considered this last winter.

The days ARE getting shorter.
Summer will wind down and Fall will come.

We rode up on Two Tops as well, heck of a difference in the trail up the mountain from Winter to Summer.!!

 

[Blk88GT]

No pictures?

Did you have to call S&R to get you out this time?

 

[christopher]

Boy, it was close, but we managed to get out alive on our own this time around.

There was soooooo much dust, no camera would have survived.

 

[Blk88GT]

Too bad, I'd love to see the trails in the summertime. I'd actually like to see the area right at the turn off for the scenic byway before Last Chance when coming from the south, off the East side of the road.

Curious how big the rock I hit actually is

 

[Big D rmk700]

Rode up to two top back in the summer of 99 at this time of year and there was still a big drift of snow left from the winter before we need one of those winters again since I have a new sled coming.

 

[khaddon2110]

Wow.
What a huge difference a hundred inches of snow makes.

just be careful when we get 6" of fresh.........it can get dangerous.....almost impossible to ride

 

[christopher]

Rode up to two top back in the summer of 99 at this time of year and there was still a big drift of snow left from the winter before we need one of those winters again since I have a new sled coming.

It was BONE DRY the day we went up.
Looks like a whole different world on top with no snow to cover everything.