Where else in the United States can you find a powder playground like this ?. | |||
became friendly again for | |||
snowmobiling left | |||
me astonished . | |||
We found an ocean | |||
of incredible , untouched | |||
powder snow . I ’ ve ridden | |||
in the wide-open spaces of | |||
Wyoming and Montana , | |||
but this was unlike | |||
anything I ’ d ever seen . | |||
Stretching out for as far | |||
as we could see , there was | |||
only untracked powder | |||
that glistened under the | |||
clear , blue sky . Mountains |
A rough ride turned into a dream during our quest out to the Hayes Glacier . |
on each side flanked the wide-open meadows , and the glacier-fed Hayes River |
meandered through the |
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gigantic playground . |
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By the time our group arrived there , 36 |
snowdrifts that deflected our long-track |
We bounced off drifts |
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feet of snow had fallen that winter , Chris |
sleds and made for a rough ride . After a |
and carved through the |
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said . After dropping bags at the lodge |
few miles , one sled broke down , so several |
powder for another five or |
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and meeting Chris ’ wife , son and yellow |
people took this as an excuse to turn back |
10 miles until we reached |
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lab who help manage the place , some |
and miss out on the beating . |
the glacier . We rode up |
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members of the tour group headed out to |
The rest of us pressed on , enduring at |
to within a few feet of it |
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visit the Hayes Glacier . Seeing this huge |
least 15 more miles of bone-jarring drifts |
and could see gray , brown |
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block of permanent snow and ice didn ’ t |
and stiff wind , but it was worth it . |
and blue layers of ice and |
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come easily , though . |
After a couple days riding the |
dirt . I could see a baseball- |
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We started out riding on the Skwentna River , driving straight into 40 MPH wind gusts and enduring sharp , hard-edged |