Winter sucks. Just saying..

[Tuscany]

Wait.. WTH?? What is that?
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The sun silly .. we put it away every night here in California..

Looks like a space ship to me. The sun left NY about three months ago, and has not been seen since..

[MnLakeBum]

I loved downhill skiing, and I love looking at nature in the wintertime. But CC skiing doesn’t look like a lot of fun the second you turn around to head back..And around here, you might have to fight off a coyote or two.. I love to ski trails in the winter, as long as the mode of transportation is 1,200 CC Turbo powered.🌪🌪
Always an open invite YT. I’ve got two of them, along with proper clothing and helmets.

I’m totally with you as someone who grew up with snowmobiles parked in the front yard all winter and I’m also a longtime diehard downhill skier including many cat/heli trips into B.C. My next door neighbor has a Ski Doo MXZ TNT 850 Etec that I rode most recently on Super Bowl weekend. I haven’t figured out what sleds I want to buy yet but something will be coming in the next year.

Here’s somewhat of a view from the ice shack of my neighbors sleds from our ice fishing/beer drinking excursion 10 days ago.

Any new sled is a great sled. I like the turbo Arctic Cats/YamaCats.
Ski- Doo makes a great sled, maybe the best all around snowmobile, but they don't use a four stroke turbo engine that can be turned up and easy 250 horsepower with a tune and exhaust can. The new triple turbos are dynoing 200 out of the crate. I'm not sure what a tune will do on them, but I would imagine 300 would be easy.
As an older guy who may lose ground to the kids in the trails, I can reel anyone back in when we get back to the open fields..

Being a speed junkie I’m not sure at my age that I want to trust myself with anything more than the 165 hp that the Ski Doo Etec 850 cranks out! I had my neighbors sled up to almost 90 mph last time I was on it and it still had room to run. I’m thinking that may be enough!

[Ytmsn]

Wait.. WTH?? What is that?
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The sun silly .. we put it away every night here in California..

Oh I KNOw what you put away every night!

[kas232ca]

Got to experience some winter over the weekend at my business partner's house in Durango.

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[Tuscany]

I’m totally with you as someone who grew up with snowmobiles parked in the front yard all winter and I’m also a longtime diehard downhill skier including many cat/heli trips into B.C. My next door neighbor has a Ski Doo MXZ TNT 850 Etec that I rode most recently on Super Bowl weekend. I haven’t figured out what sleds I want to buy yet but something will be coming in the next year.

Here’s somewhat of a view from the ice shack of my neighbors sleds from our ice fishing/beer drinking excursion 10 days ago.

Any new sled is a great sled. I like the turbo Arctic Cats/YamaCats.
Ski- Doo makes a great sled, maybe the best all around snowmobile, but they don't use a four stroke turbo engine that can be turned up and easy 250 horsepower with a tune and exhaust can. The new triple turbos are dynoing 200 out of the crate. I'm not sure what a tune will do on them, but I would imagine 300 would be easy.
As an older guy who may lose ground to the kids in the trails, I can reel anyone back in when we get back to the open fields..

Being a speed junkie I’m not sure at my age that I want to trust myself with anything more than the 165 hp that the Ski Doo Etec 850 cranks out! I had my neighbors sled up to almost 90 mph last time I was on it and it still had room to run. I’m thinking that may be enough!

I can click an easy 100 in a farm pasture just by pinning it for a few seconds. It's not the top speed, (108 is all I had the nerve for). it's the ease of getting there is a micro second that's the turn on for me.. You might want to take a new Thundercat for a test ride before you decide what's enough. After a couple rides, you will get very accustomed to it.

[Tuscany]

Got to experience some winter over the weekend at my business partner's house in Durango.2019-02-10 10.39.24.jpg

yeeeeeah, , that looks awesome. Thanks for sharing!

[MnLakeBum]

Got to experience some winter over the weekend at my business partner's house in Durango.2019-02-10 10.39.24.jpg

yeeeeeah, , that looks awesome. Thanks for sharing!

Yes! And I’m jealous. This is the first year since the mid 90’s that I haven’t had a ski trip somewhere out West.

[kas232ca]

Got to experience some winter over the weekend at my business partner's house in Durango.2019-02-10 10.39.24.jpg

yeeeeeah, , that looks awesome. Thanks for sharing!

Good skiing, not too busy. Good snowpack in southern Colorado compared to last year.
One of the guys with us broke his collarbone on the last run of the day Friday so that sucked. He is a big guy, so it was a painful flight home.

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I did the math over the weekend. This is my 48th year skiing - learned when I was 7 in the Sandia mountains of New Mexico.

[Bfun220]

Great pictures. Well, maybe not the ski patrol.

[NautiGirl]

Got to experience some winter over the weekend at my business partner's house in Durango.2019-02-10 10.39.24.jpg

What resort is this at?

I’m headed to Big Sky MT at the end of March. First time there for me...can’t wait!!!

[kas232ca]

Got to experience some winter over the weekend at my business partner's house in Durango.2019-02-10 10.39.24.jpg

What resort is this at?

I’m headed to Big Sky MT at the end of March. First time there for me...can’t wait!!!

It's Purgatory (formerly Durango Mountain Resort, originally Purgatory). Great place. Base is almost 9000' so it always takes a couple of days for me to get used to the elevation.

Have fun at Big Sky!!

[MnLakeBum]

Got to experience some winter over the weekend at my business partner's house in Durango.2019-02-10 10.39.24.jpg

What resort is this at?

I’m headed to Big Sky MT at the end of March. First time there for me...can’t wait!!!

Big Sky is one of my favorite mountains - not crowded and some serious steeps! Have a great trip!

[Driller]

Got to experience some winter over the weekend at my business partner's house in Durango.2019-02-10 10.39.24.jpg

What resort is this at?

I’m headed to Big Sky MT at the end of March. First time there for me...can’t wait!!!

It's Purgatory (formerly Durango Mountain Resort, originally Purgatory). Great place. Base is almost 9000' so it always takes a couple of days for me to get used to the elevation.

Have fun at Big Sky!!

Before I got old used to ski Purgatory all the time. Great place. Easy access to the slopes and the town is a blast.

[Bfun220]

With all the snow we decide to make something. We cleared out more snow inside and added a window later.

[NautiGirl]

Fun! Might as well have some fun with all of that snow!