thinking of winters to come....already - snowmobile to ski
Posted: Thu Jun 08, 2006 2:36 pm
Ok, I know summer is almost here but for some reaason I'm still stuck in winter mode (probably because the high country is still covered in snow). I've been throwing around the idea of something that I have no idea has ever been done, or if anyone else dreams this. But here goes...
There are places along the western side of the sierra that are probably rarely if ever explored in winter because of their remoteness to the nearest road. Examples of such are Tehipite Valley, Blackcap Basin, Silver Divide etc...My thought was, can you cut off a few days of skiing into and out of these places by snowmobiling to the edge of the wilderness/national park (or have permission from the proper agency to penetrate that border slightly) then ski/snowshoe in from there? Anyone done this/have tails of other's that have done this? Anyone else dream of this, or am I the only crazy one out there. I couldn't imagine trying to ski into some of these places from a car, but on the other side of the coin the thought of the price to rent a snowmobile for an extended period of time (which I've never ridden) or hiring a 'driver' sounds crazy enough
There are places along the western side of the sierra that are probably rarely if ever explored in winter because of their remoteness to the nearest road. Examples of such are Tehipite Valley, Blackcap Basin, Silver Divide etc...My thought was, can you cut off a few days of skiing into and out of these places by snowmobiling to the edge of the wilderness/national park (or have permission from the proper agency to penetrate that border slightly) then ski/snowshoe in from there? Anyone done this/have tails of other's that have done this? Anyone else dream of this, or am I the only crazy one out there. I couldn't imagine trying to ski into some of these places from a car, but on the other side of the coin the thought of the price to rent a snowmobile for an extended period of time (which I've never ridden) or hiring a 'driver' sounds crazy enough