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pinkho hobo · 12-01-2010, 08:20 PM

Ok so i dont want to sound stupid but in the backcountry I always skin up. But i have a question about using snowmobiles. I was wonder if you drove the snowmobile to the top of the mountain and then rode down, how the hell do you get your snowmobile back down. Or does it not work like that? Could some one plz explain the whole snowmobile thing

linvillegorge · 12-01-2010, 11:52 PM

Are you serious?

oneshot · 12-02-2010, 12:45 AM

2peeps up, 1peep down

snowvols · 12-02-2010, 08:33 AM

Ghost ride the whip down. Just make sure you don't go at the same time. There is a video I saw last year of some dude getting ran over by his sled.

**HoboMaster** · 12-02-2010, 09:47 AM

LOL, ghost ride the whip huh? I think you are better off just bringing 2 people and taking turns, it's a lot safer anyways to have 2 or more people.

c_mack9 · 12-02-2010, 11:07 AM

i always wondered this too but i just assumed it was 2 up 1 down. how long does it take to drive a snowmobile with 2 peeps on it back up? faster than a lift at a resort?

pinkho hobo · 12-02-2010, 11:07 PM

ok thanks, thats kinda what i assumed its just in snowboarding movies you never see to people on a sled

snowvols · 12-03-2010, 08:53 AM

You guys have never seen people ghost ride their sled down. I looked for the video I was talking about. It was funny when the dude was ran over by his own sled. Might have killed him though if his buddy didn't move the sled off of him.

InfiniteEclipse · 12-03-2010, 09:11 AM

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Originally Posted by snowvols

Ghost ride the whip down. Just make sure you don't go at the same time. There is a video I saw last year of some dude getting ran over by his sled.

lol.. ouch

Is it me or do some skiers generally try to avoid fresh pow and follow previous ski tracks instead

**HoboMaster** · 12-03-2010, 09:43 AM

A lot of people actually don't like powder, it's too hard for them. More for me.

12-01-2010, 08:20 PM	#1 (permalink)
pinkho hobo Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 5	Sleds Ok so i dont want to sound stupid but in the backcountry I always skin up. But i have a question about using snowmobiles. I was wonder if you drove the snowmobile to the top of the mountain and then rode down, how the hell do you get your snowmobile back down. Or does it not work like that? Could some one plz explain the whole snowmobile thing

12-02-2010, 12:45 AM	#3 (permalink)
oneshot Veteran Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: PAC NW Posts: 636	2peeps up, 1peep down __________________ http://oneshotproduction.net Helping Old Dudes Look Kooky Since 2005

12-02-2010, 09:47 AM	#5 (permalink)
HoboMaster Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Sandpoint / Moscow, ID Posts: 2,301	LOL, ghost ride the whip huh? I think you are better off just bringing 2 people and taking turns, it's a lot safer anyways to have 2 or more people. __________________ PowderHound and TreeNinja

12-03-2010, 09:43 AM	#10 (permalink)
HoboMaster Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Sandpoint / Moscow, ID Posts: 2,301	A lot of people actually don't like powder, it's too hard for them. More for me. __________________ PowderHound and TreeNinja

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12-01-2010, 11:52 PM	#2 (permalink)
linvillegorge Veteran Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Evergreen, CO Posts: 4,501	Are you serious?

12-02-2010, 08:33 AM	#4 (permalink)
snowvols Veteran Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: SLC, UT Posts: 1,388	Ghost ride the whip down. Just make sure you don't go at the same time. There is a video I saw last year of some dude getting ran over by his sled.

12-02-2010, 11:07 AM	#6 (permalink)
c_mack9 Veteran Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: western KY Posts: 543	i always wondered this too but i just assumed it was 2 up 1 down. how long does it take to drive a snowmobile with 2 peeps on it back up? faster than a lift at a resort?

12-02-2010, 11:07 PM	#7 (permalink)
pinkho hobo Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 5	ok thanks, thats kinda what i assumed its just in snowboarding movies you never see to people on a sled

12-03-2010, 08:53 AM	#8 (permalink)
snowvols Veteran Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: SLC, UT Posts: 1,388	You guys have never seen people ghost ride their sled down. I looked for the video I was talking about. It was funny when the dude was ran over by his own sled. Might have killed him though if his buddy didn't move the sled off of him.