Snowmobiling!
Well today Chris, Janelle (One of Chris’s Friends) and myself went snowmobiling for 3 hours. This was the first time snowmobiling for each of us. But as we felt like a bit of excitement we choose to do the “Extreme Powderhound” tour. The snowmobiles we got given were the top of the line models complete with hand warmers built into the handle bars worth approx $20,000 each.
Our tour started off fairly leisurely taking some fairly ordinary tracks up into the hills. This gave us an opportunity to get used to our new toys. We arrived in a large bowl at which time our guide told us to let lose and have a bit of a play around. We did this for a while just mucking around going up banks, plowing through powder drifts etc… During this time Chris managed to roll his snowmobile while trying to turn on a hill, fortunately he didn’t hurt him self.
We then continued on into the steeper terrain and deeper powder. At one point i got my snowmobile stuck in deep powder, so deep when I stepped off I sunk in up to my waist!
The rest of the trip included steep banks (near vertical), more powder, runs through trees and a lot of fun! Included in our package was a BBQ lunch however we decided that we would rather spend more time snowmobiling than having a BBQ as we can do that any old time. We did however stop for a quick bite to eat and a drink. Then proceeded to play on a frozen lake where i managed to get up to 85MPH (137KM/hr) however could have gone faster if they weren’t limited to 85MPH. Upon leaving the lake area we each went over a jump and each got a bit of air under our sleds.
Overall it was an awesome experience which I would recommend to anyone! I will put some photos up in my gallery as soon as i get time.
Well i have one more day here in Whistler before heading to Vancouver for a few days then back home to NZ.