now im not givin them a bad rep or anything just be aware of some of the changes..(maybe more) over the years that he would have what I needed the next morning when he arrived at the lodge. I don't know if you're ever going to get that kind of service there now. Got our reservations fro the 27th - 2nd, I'll have more insight after that, going to give them a chance to impress or turn to another location.
First off...ive had nothing but great experiences at Togwotee...until this year. I went there last week completely aware of the snow conditions and i knew they werent gonna be as epic as last year this time. Anyways thats beyond the point because riding turned out to be awesome! It didnt help any that i was having sled issues the first day but i headed back to the rental shop to see if they had some parts for my sled, i knew they had a ton of parts layin around for cats last year...not the story this year...the new company that bought the lodge sold ALL the parts...so jackson or dubois was the closest which is nothing new to most people. Then the battle started i wanted to rent a sled because i was sick of dealin with mine so i went back again to the rental shop with intentions of renting the rest of the trip for a half day each day. Got it all set up then go back in the next morning ready to get the sled and was told by the same worker that i couldnt take the sled out with my buddies i had to go with a guide and pay more yet....i was like wtf...what are my other buddies supposed to do go ride on their own??? Of course the worker was like...well they can ride with you and the guide if they pay another fee since they are using their OWN sleds. So after about 10 mins of complaining that i just wanted to rent one and go with my buddies to the same areas we always play in they wanted nothing to do with me and said i could just cancel out of the sled....so there i sat with no sled. I spent the next day and a half runnin down to dubois tryin to find what i needed...got lucky and actually did (suprise for those of you who know how tiny the cat shop in dubois really is). So now that i was off and running again me and my 2 other fellow riders had a guide still set up for the next day that they would not let us cancel out of...Reluctantly we went with the guide and paid...bad idea...only place he took us must have been the "secret untracked place" all the other guides had taken riders to earlier in the day to steal our pow..haha. After riding with a guide for that lousy half day made me realize i will never ever pay someone to ride in front of me "supposedly taking us somewhere good". We went out the next 3 days on our own and had some of the most fun ive ever had out at tog..fresh untracked pow..anywhere from about 3.5-4.5'...good early season at least. Long story short.......Tog has a lot of new policies....gotta cancel rentals a week in advance...gotta get out of reservations 30 days in advance...food hasnt changed at all..still really good and really expensive...and the red fox still serves cold budwieser for 3.25.
shoulder? Talked to him the other nite (Sat. 21:00) @ home, shoulder was never part of are conversation.next time go ride with Chris Burandt in co. he will take you to the untouched snow and make you get your moneys worth. well worth it !!!!!!!!First off...ive had nothing but great experiences at Togwotee...until this year. I went there last week completely aware of the snow conditions and i knew they werent gonna be as epic as last year this time. Anyways thats beyond the point because riding turned out to be awesome! It didnt help any that i was having sled issues the first day but i headed back to the rental shop to see if they had some parts for my sled, i knew they had a ton of parts layin around for cats last year...not the story this year...the new company that bought the lodge sold ALL the parts...so jackson or dubois was the closest which is nothing new to most people. Then the battle started i wanted to rent a sled because i was sick of dealin with mine so i went back again to the rental shop with intentions of renting the rest of the trip for a half day each day. Got it all set up then go back in the next morning ready to get the sled and was told by the same worker that i couldnt take the sled out with my buddies i had to go with a guide and pay more yet....i was like wtf...what are my other buddies supposed to do go ride on their own??? Of course the worker was like...well they can ride with you and the guide if they pay another fee since they are using their OWN sleds. So after about 10 mins of complaining that i just wanted to rent one and go with my buddies to the same areas we always play in they wanted nothing to do with me and said i could just cancel out of the sled....so there i sat with no sled. I spent the next day and a half runnin down to dubois tryin to find what i needed...got lucky and actually did (suprise for those of you who know how tiny the cat shop in dubois really is). So now that i was off and running again me and my 2 other fellow riders had a guide still set up for the next day that they would not let us cancel out of...Reluctantly we went with the guide and paid...bad idea...only place he took us must have been the "secret untracked place" all the other guides had taken riders to earlier in the day to steal our pow..haha. After riding with a guide for that lousy half day made me realize i will never ever pay someone to ride in front of me "supposedly taking us somewhere good". We went out the next 3 days on our own and had some of the most fun ive ever had out at tog..fresh untracked pow..anywhere from about 3.5-4.5'...good early season at least. Long story short.......Tog has a lot of new policies....gotta cancel rentals a week in advance...gotta get out of reservations 30 days in advance...food hasnt changed at all..still really good and really expensive...and the red fox still serves cold budwieser for 3.25.
