Skill Level: Intermediate, Advanced, or Expert.
Riding Clinic: We’ll ride N out of the parking lot, with very little trail riding…only as necessary to go to meadows and hills with trees that are good for learning and practicing. Recommend downloading the free COTREX app if you don’t have another winter trails app that shows Rabbit Ears trails.
We’ll learn and practice as many of the following skills as we can fit in:
- Wrong foot forward getting on edge in tight situations with little room,
- Walking sled on edge in a controlled manner in a field, and then progressing to steeper terrain,
- Throttle/Brake/Track speed/Counter steering to get and keep sled on edge in the most efficient manner,
- Controlled descent on steeper terrain, and 180 at bottom transitioning to a climb,
- Using the elevator technique on steeper terrain to control descent,
- Stopping sled on edge on steeper terrain, then resuming controlled edge line across steeper terrain,
- Transitioning from one edge to the other side on steeper terrain for “best line” management,
- Edge control through tighter tree lines,
- Neutral riding position vs wrong foot forward in specific conditions (best choice depending on situation).
Location: Rabbit Ears – Muddy Creek Parking Lot. See the map below for map/directions.
- Parking lot may or may not be plowed, but it usually is or is well packed down.
Breakfast: None planned.
Pre-Ride Gear Check & Meeting: 8:45a, near Treg’s gray F-150 w/2-place white, Polaris, clamshell trailer. (Be unloaded, geared up, and ready to ride at this time.)
Ride Start Time: 9:00a.
Ride End Time: 4:00p, or earlier if group wants.
Must Haves: Mntn sled, Beacon w/good batts, Probe, Shovel, Charged cell phone, FRS or GMRS radio set to channel 18, privacy code 21.
Lunch Plan: Carry whatever you need to stay fueled and hydrated for the day; we won’t return to the parking lot until the end of our ride.