Tulpin
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I live in ONT and I'm thinking or going sledding in revelstoke out of Glacier house just wondering what the riding conditions and guided tours are like in the begining of april.
ModMMax
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Conditions are good in Revy in April. Powder is hit and miss. Revy is not for everyone. Carry an extra $500 and a cell phone. Chopper is the only way to get out if you wreck, and you can wreck at Revy. Degree of difficulty is high and spring riding will get you places you don't want to be. There are juicyer spots about the same distance. I'm 15 hours from REvy, 14 from Cooke, 11 from Buck Creek and 12 from West Y'stone. The Trans Canada highway from Banff to Revy is also not for everyone.
Buck Creek in the Gallatins is big meadow riding and very user friendly. Great motel right at the trail head. You can rent cats near there. Trails with food, fuel, meadows and a some climbing is best at West Y'stone and you can rent enything there. Steeper and deeper is good at Cooke City. Ride right to the motel door. Everything for rent. Mt. Jefferson in Idaho is close to West Y'stone. It's very challenging. Hope this helps you. Have a great holiday.
Buck Creek in the Gallatins is big meadow riding and very user friendly. Great motel right at the trail head. You can rent cats near there. Trails with food, fuel, meadows and a some climbing is best at West Y'stone and you can rent enything there. Steeper and deeper is good at Cooke City. Ride right to the motel door. Everything for rent. Mt. Jefferson in Idaho is close to West Y'stone. It's very challenging. Hope this helps you. Have a great holiday.
ModMMax
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I should have asked you a bunch of questions. Are you driving and towing or flying and renting? April snow is very hit and miss. Especially in late spring. I have seen no riding in April in Montana, but there seems to always be good snow at Revelstoke at that time. I live in Moose Jaw, on the Trans CA highway, to add relavence to the travel times I offered.
taylzee
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I have ridin Revy a bunch of times and never had a whole lot of luck. The weather never seemed to cooperate. I have a good luck with Valemont everytime I've gone and the riding always seems to be great. Never gone there and not found powder somewhere. The only problem is it's not a very sledder friendly place for breakdowns. I have only been back here in Saskatchewan for a couple years now and haven't ventured south of the border for riding but it sounds like it's fairly close to us Saskatchewan boys. Might have to give it a try. The snow around here is disappearing fast unless you go north.
There a number of places to go in BC and if you are coming out from Ontario, I would suggest doing some research before you come out. I would start by checking snowpack conditions through the various ranges as well as talking to the Canadian Avalanche people. Remember, if your riding in the mountains to be prepared. Always were a beacon and carry a shovel and probe and know how to use them.
There a number of places to go in BC and if you are coming out from Ontario, I would suggest doing some research before you come out. I would start by checking snowpack conditions through the various ranges as well as talking to the Canadian Avalanche people. Remember, if your riding in the mountains to be prepared. Always were a beacon and carry a shovel and probe and know how to use them.