Riding Snowmobiles with White Mountain Tour in Colorado
Home to forty-two National Parks, the State of Colorado offers every type of natural recreation activity a nature lover might look for. Every year, the lengthy list of natural sceneries, such as high mountains, waterfalls, rock formations, and canyons, attracts numerous tourists from within and outside the nation. Saying that Colorado is home to one of the unique natural settings within the globe is not an exaggeration. With its gorgeous and breathtaking views, it isn’t easy to choose when to visit, but adding the numerous outdoor activities that the area offers to its tourists makes a choice even more challenging. If you are a hiking, road, or mountain biking, fishing, rafting, and climbing lover, visiting in Spring and Summer can be the best time for your long-awaited trip. But what about Winter?
Well, for many, the State of Colorado is automatically associated with the cold season; its high-end skiing resorts and the numerous different outdoor activities allow you to appreciate the stunning and majestical winter sceneries better. Under the snow, the entire landscape assumes another aspect with a magical sense of calm and quietness, a reason why many American and foreign tourists choose Colorado as their destination for their anticipated family winter vacation. From skiing and snowboarding to ice skating, families and friends will have the opportunity to spend unforgettable quality time with their loved ones while appreciating the beauty of the snow-peaked Rocky Mountains. In short, Colorado can be referred to as a winter paradise for all those activities revolving around snow. The continuous rise in the number of people choosing the period between the end of November till March to stay and vacation in the region is the underlying evidence of the appreciation for the different set of things available to practice in the State.
Winter sports in Colorado: Snowmobiling
It does not matter if you lack experience or strength; stay assured you will find the most suitable type of sport and winter activity to practice while visiting. For a long, Colorado’s fame has been associated with its skiing resorts and winter activities such as dog sledding, snowboarding, snowshoeing, snow tubing, and snowmobiling. However, one of the best and most exciting things you can opt for during the winter season, to better appreciate the scenery is snowmobiling. Not every visitor is passionate about skiing, so why not pick this thrilling and widely popular winter sport that allows you to race and ride on a snowmobile across snow trails while appreciating Colorado’s winter scenery?
Combine the thrill of a high-speed ride with the snowy environment, and you will figure out why this sport has been gaining numerous fans. The only thing left is for you to pick between either renting the equipment and the ride or book for a thrilling adventure with one of the most famous and widely known Colorado snowmobile tour companies, White Mountain Tours.
Colorado’s best snowmobile tour company: White Mountain Tours
Located in Leadville, the highest incorporated city in North America, this tour company has provided the most thrilling snowmobiling experiences for over 30 years, between 11,000 and 12,000 feet.
When booking a tour with them, expect to receive a high level of attention from veterans guides, which will deliver extensive and detailed information about the surrounding mountains and assure that all the safety precautions are being followed. Winter sports can be dangerous due to the climate conditions, so make sure to follow all the safety rules and bring the right equipment for the excursion.
Tours
- Prospector Tour
A two-hour guided tour awaits you at Turquoise Lake, with trails and spectacular views of 14,000 feet mountains of the lake. Enjoy the ride and stop taking gorgeous photos of the lake, also known as Leadville’s sparkling gem. This tour is perfect for single riders and families with small children, and couples who want to share the same snowmobile. As the website of the company states, this tour fits all different levels of experience; therefore, do not worry if you never drove a snowmobile. A quick training session will take place before the start of the tour to familiarize visitors with the ride and all the safety precautions. In addition, the tour includes a brief stop, so little children will have the opportunity to drive a small snowmobile in a snowy meadow.
- Performance Tours
Experience this two-hour tour riding on your snowmobile while appreciating the view of 14,000-foot mountains, riding between forests and snowy alpine meadows in the shadow of the Continental Divide.
Ideal for those looking for a thrilling experience, this tour is only for single riders, therefore no passengers. No previous knowledge is required for this adventurous tour. The only thing you will bring with you is a camera to capture the sceneries you will admire from the altitude between 10,000 to 12,600 feet.
- High Adventure Tours
High adventure tours is a two-hour high adventure snowmobile tour for all those single experienced riders looking for a more refined, exciting, thrilling, and challenging ride. Explore the alpine tundra through high alpine valleys and admire a beautiful panoramic view from 10,000 to 12,600 feet, from the Rocky Mountains, ‘the top of the world.’
- The Rocky Mountain Challenge
This tour, composed of two different adventures, is the best option for all those single riders looking for an extensive and longer snowmobile ride. First, a two-hour snowmobile tour at the Turquoise lake riding area with more than 25 miles of groomed trails lets you take out your camera and take beautiful photos of the landscapes in which Mount Massive and Mount Elbert surround the area.
Next, a second tour on White Mountain’s private property high on the slopes of Mount Arkansas while traveling between those who used to be gold mining areas. Follow the guide and reach remote areas to admire the untouched mountain sceneries from the highest points of Colorado while passing the Great Devine.
Tickets & Tours time
- Prospector Tour
- $150,00 per driver and $65,00 per passenger
- Tour Times: 9:00 a.m., 12:00 p.m., 3:00 p.m.
- Performance Tours
- $170,00 per driver (not inclusive of customary guide gratuities)
- Tour Times: 9:00 a.m. 12:00 p.m., 3:00 p.m.
- High Adventure Tours
- $200,00 per driver (not inclusive of customary guide gratuity of $40,00, which will be added at the end)
- Tour Times: 9:00 a.m., 12:00 p.m., 3:00 p.m.
Due to the current Covid19 pandemic, the high adventure tour is not open
- The Rocky Mountain Challenge
- $480,00 Per driver (inclusive of the gratuity of $100.00 per guide)
- Morning Tour Time: 9:00 a.m. to 11 a.m. and afternoon Tour 3:00 to 5:00 p.m.
Apparel
Winter sports can be dangerous, especially snowmobiling; therefore, visitors looking to booking tours with White Mountain Tours are suggested to bring their winter apparel. In addition:
– helmets are compulsory and will be provided before the tours.
– complimentary coveralls and boots are available
– wearing warm apparel is suggested, and the company recommends ski clothes.
– bring gloves, scarf, and sunglasses as they are not provided.
All those visitors that will not have the required apparel will be turned down and therefore not allowed to participate in the activities.
Important. Due to the current Covid19 pandemic, the company will no longer provide customers with clothing while helmets are still offered.
Why book a snowmobiling tour?
If you are visiting the gorgeous winter locations of Colorado, feeling like experimenting with something different than the usual day at the ski resort, then opting for an excursion where you can drive a snowmobile seems like a good option. Experience the most of a fast ride in the middle of the white landscape while enjoying the company of family and friends and stop for few minutes to admire the view from the top of the Rocky Mountains and listen to the sweet sound of nature, the sound of Mother Nature.