Spring Time Snowmobiling - Cooke City, Montana
While winter has made a (hopefully brief) return to southwestern Montana this week, our snowmobiling outing this past weekend was all sunshine and spring conditions. These pics were taken in the mountains above Cooke City, home to some of the best snowmobiling to be had in the Rockies. No fresh snow this weekend, so instead of action shots I focused on sight-seeing. I think these mountains look their best in winter when snow covers most of the scars left by early 20th century mining.
This was a special weekend because we took our boys along for the ride. My son loves snowmobiling, but the Kitty Kat sled he rides around the field at the cabin just isn't cutting it anymore. So we took him up the mountain to let him get a feel for riding the 'big boy sleds'.
And no - those high-marking shots aren't of anyone in our group. Even with low-risk avalanche conditions, we're not willing to take the chance. We all wear avalanche beacons - primarily to be ready to help find guys like the ones you see in the photos. I'm not knocking them - live and let live. It's just not for me.
