Heading to the big horns with a short track

[dremmick]

A bunch of my friends and I are planning a trip out west to the big horns in March or April. We alll have short tracks and want to try something new. Since all we do Is ride in MN we wanted to head to the mountains of the first time and do some trail riding and as mush off trail riding as our little short track allow.

I know I should not be brining a short track to a gun fight, but if I want to do more off trail riding I will rent a long track for a day or two.

So my question how many miles of actuall trails are there in the big horns? We are planning on staying at bears lodge.

Also what do i need to do for clutching on my sled? Anything else that needs to be done?


thanks!!

 

[mysledblows]

Unless you catch it right after a big storm don't worry too much about the short track that time of year. Typically the base is solid but you have to look for really soft spots unless you happen to catch it right after it snows. Bighorns have something like 400 miles of trails. Might be more or less, but it's a pretty big system. Through in all the off trail play and you don't have to worry about running out of room to play. We typically ride from Bear as well.

As for clutching, honestly I wouldn't worry about it for a few days. It will be down a few rpm on top, but with the torque of the 4 stroke you won't really notice it unless you are a serious climber or the snow is crazy deep/soft. As for anything else that depends on your sled, budget, wants, and needs.

 

[dremmick]

Thansks for the input. Anything you would reccomend doing to my sled before the trip other than buying a mountain sled haha.

 

[yzviper366]

There are quite a bit of trails at the horns I wouldn't hesitate to bring a short track there it not normally to intense there. Are u staying at bear lodge?

 

[dremmick]

Yes either bear lodge or arrowhead... we are so excited none of us have ever been snowmobiling other than Minnesota.

 

[mysledblows]

Thansks for the input. Anything you would reccomend doing to my sled before the trip other than buying a mountain sled haha.

Not knowing how you are set up it's hard to say but for a first time trip in March/April to the Big Horns I'd just go ride it. If you happen to catch a storm you'll just be playing closer to the trail than the guys on the true mountain sleds. If you have the time/means/$$ a deeper track will make getting around easier, but it's not necessary. We all have this thought that without a 162x3 and a turbo you can't have fun and that's just not the case. Wasn't that long ago that a 136 was a long track and a 1.25 lug was huge. We all still had fun, but rather than blowing up the hill and out the top the first time you had to work at it a bit

 

[dremmick]

That sounds good to me. All we want to do is have some fun and check out the mountain riding. I put the intense on last year so that should help a bit over the crappy ripsaw

 

[yzviper366]

Bear lodge is nice but arrowhead is nicer a bit more money but the rooms are double in size but if your a partier stay at bear that's usually where the party is at night. O and be prepared to listen to how wonderful the pro rmk is its one sided there.

 

[dremmick]

Ha ha. great polaris country. Im not so brand specific like everyone else, I dont care if you have a sled thats 30yrs old. As long as we are having fun is all that counts. I know im going to get made fun of quite a bit since im driving a short track in the mountains and will get even more crap that I ride a yamaha.

 

[yzviper366]

You will see plenty of ppl there with short tracks I go there about 3x a year and I always see ppl with short track sleds. You will b fine there