Now offering Guided Tours & Rentals at Wyoming High Country Lodge
About this Experience at Wyoming High Country Lodge
New for 2024. The highly reviewed Wyoming High Country Lodge offers incredible hospitality, terrain, and traditionally the deepest snow the Bighorns have to offer. Located 24 miles north from Burgess Junction, High Country Lodge is where the tracks end, and big open bowls of untouched pow begin. There’s no better guarantee for untracked powder than areas north of High Country Lodge. It is only accessible via snowmobile during the winter.
Why is it more expensive than a normal tour? Easy answer. Because it’s worth it, and logistically, it’s harder for our guides to get there. It is a 2.5 hour drive from our shop to the west side trailhead, or it’s a 24 mile bone chilling trail ride from the east side (Burgess Junction). Our guides have to stay at High Country with the clients, but man, is the extra effort worth the untracked terrain.
Like our normal Backcountry Tour, this tour is still physically demanding. That is just mountain riding in a nutshell. The lodge sits at 9,000ft and you will be riding elevations up to 10,200ft. Our guides will work with you to become better riders than when you arrived and allow you to explore this remote part of the Bighorns safely.
Traditionally, as you go farther north in the Bighorns, they receive more snow. High Country area on average will receive nearly 25% more snow than just 10 miles south. As storms roll from north to south, they dissipate.
Our guides study weather patterns, snow depths, and scout relentlessly to find untracked snow. However, this is federally protected public land, meaning untouched snow is never a guarantee, but this area is your best chance.
If you need a rental, please see our rental page. Guided tour clients receive 15% off their rental when they use the code SNOW at checkout.
$220/person without rental.
$500/day with rental and guide included.
Two person minimum.
Tips for your guides are encouraged.
Filmed at Wyoming High Country Lodge.
Determining Your Skill Level
We take riders of all skill levels out. But if you’re looking for a group to ride with, we might put you into a group of similar skill levels. When you book, you will be asked what your skill level is. This allows our guides to plan their routes ahead of time. Here’s a guide:
Beginner - No snowmobiling experience. Beginners usually spend the whole day learning and usually don’t get too far from the trail.
Intermediate - Some snowmobiling experience. May have no issues on the trail, but need to practice some basic backcountry skills like sidehilling.
Experienced - Usually have no issues going wherever. Can hold a sidehill, counter-steer, etc. Not too comfortable in trees yet.
Advanced - Have no issues sidehilling or mashing meadows. Want to play in steep technical trees. Can get themselves unstuck most of the time. Might need practice with reentries and hop-overs.
Pro - Same level as our guides. Can do reentries, hop-overs, and can sidehill in steep technical trees.
Snowmobiling in the Bighorn Mountains
Gear requirements & recommendations
We have limited gear rentals, so please give us a call before booking. When you book, there will be options to add this to your tour. Gear rental.
Avalanche Beacon (we rent some for an additional cost).
Backpack.
Radio (Available to rent for additional cost)
*Saw
*First aid kit.
*Fire starter kit.
*Tools.
*Satellite communicator (Garmin InReach or Zoleo)
*Recommended, not required.