Where to go!!?? Rabbit Ears/Bighorns/??????

[Dragon8hundo]

as we always do our group is leaving xmas night and just kinda looking for some opinions on where to go, we have gone to laramie the last 4 years and are tired of fighting the wind and just looking to go somewhere new. Any ideas of where to go where to stay would be helpful, THANKS

 

[gonehuntnpowder]

I grew up riding in the Big Horns, lots of open country, but not the climbing and tight steep stuff the snowy range has. Also have suffered for snow the last several seasons. Rode the range the 10 years or so out of Laramie. Went to Rabbit Ears once and it was great. How about the sierra madres out of Encampment? Great riding and not the crowds. How about the Wind Rivers? Cheap to stay in Dubois and a short trailer pull out of there every day. I really like that country out of Union Pass. Not a lot of snow where you unload but it gets deep fast as you go up the mtn. If you are thinking about Laramie and riding the Range and the Madres stop at the Polaris dealer in Laramie, they have a guy from Iowa that might show you the really nasty places on either mtn.

 

[Gordo]

Saratoga; most of the time you are out of the wind and the riding is good almost always.

 

[RMKinWI]

I would go to Steamboat Lake Outfitters outside of Steamboat, CO in the Town of Clark and on the way to or from SLO I would ride Rabbit ears for a day or two staying in Kremmling, CO at the Cliffside Inn. SLO is ride from the cabin and we have always had a good time there, and you drive right past Rabbit Ears to get there so you might as well ride it. They have on site food, gas and bar. Cabins are good, not great but good. Rabbit Ears Pass is located on Hwy 40 between Kremmling and Steamboat. Our group has done this trip the last two years - we are heading to West Yellowstone (I think) this year.

Don't forget to get you out-of-state Colorado Snowmobile trail stickers, they can be hard to find, your best bet is to get them online before you go.

 

[Dragon8hundo]

ttt

 

[sledmanhof]

we just got back from the bighorns on monday and we found some real good powder. there are still a few landmines to be found though. the snow is a little low around burgess junction but we went west and south both days and found some knee to waist deep pow

 

[Blk88GT]

What elevation is Rabbit Ears Pass?

 

[bradburck]

What elevation is Rabbit Ears Pass?

9-10500ish.... pretty high... but has great snow... great riding and friendly people... parking can be a pain. But always a great time.

Burck

 

[IDA rather b sledding]

As a transplanted Iowan, Estherville, I would invite you to my new I state, of Idaho. Island Park near West Yellowstone. McCall. My area of the Clearwater Mountains or More to the North, Bonners Ferry, Sandpoint or anywhere in between. Trail riding to deep powder and hill climbing. Take your pick. Defiantely not crowded, most of the time. My friends from Waterloo loved it.

 

[mfatty]

Bighorns

We have ridable snow in the horns i would say were at about 60% today was a good day on the hill