My first snow mobile trip
Yesterday my step dad took me out on my first snow mobile trip ever. I had so much fun! The places that snow mobiles can go, and the speeds that they can do it at are amazing. It was pretty cool to see a lot of the back country that I’ve been exploring for much of my life in this new and exciting way.
We started out off of Highway 89 north of Truckee, then went past Webber Lake and did a couple of loops off the main road. After exploring around for a good part of the day, we ended up at Jackson Meadows Reservoir. The lake wasn’t quite frozen over, due to the warm weather lately, but it was still very nice to be up there with all the snow every where. We had a great time, and didn’t even see very many people or tracks. Fresh snow, everywhere we went.
The snow was great, even though there wasn’t too much of it. A nice base, with a good bit of powder on top. We had a good time exploring and I even got too try my hand at a few nice hill climbs. In some ways riding a snow mobile is like riding a dirt bike, but in many ways it’s not. You really have to throw your weight around, and it takes a little getting used to. By the end of the day I had it down pretty good.
The other thing that takes some getting used to is learning how to not bury your sled. I did this a couple of times, but I’ll chalk that up to being inexperienced. It wasn’t all to bad to get unburied, nothing like when four wheeling in the snow and getting stuck. I did get thrown off one time, I hit a rock and it launched me side ways. Luckily the snow was soft and I wasn’t going too fast.
All in all, it was a great day in the woods. I appreciate those whenever I can get them. Hopefully, I’ll get to go again someday soon!
