WOMEN'S SNOWMOBILE CLINIC

Includes: 

• 3 Nights of Private or Shared Accommodations at Skyline Guest Ranch

• All Meals: Breakfast,  Lunch, & Dinner

• Two Days of Snowmobiling Instruction by Beartooth Rides & Guides and Ride Rasmussen Style

• Evening activities include sip&paints, professional massages, yoga, hot tubing, and more!
  
  * clinic price does not include transportation, machine rentals, alcoholic beverages, or gratuities 

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​Clinic Instruction
This special opportunity women’s riding clinic will be led by Ride Rasmussen Style’s Cheyenne Rasmussen Hollingsworth and Nina Clifton. All clinics are focused on safety, education, and instruction. The instructors will start the clinic by covering avalanche safety and equipment to ensure the group as a whole is prepared for the days on the mountain. This women's clinic is for all female riders ready to up their skills in a smaller group setting with more available one-on-one with their instructors. During this 2-Day clinic, the focus will be on off-trail riding technique (ie. countersteering, maintaining sidehills, down-hill u-turns, steep terrain, tree riding). The clinic is geared to helping you learn tips and tricks on how to use the snowmobile to work with you. Giving you the confidence to make your days on the snow that much better. Cheyenne and Nina will assess your skills through observation and conversations with you. This assessment will allow the instructors to know where they can best help you with improvements. As we move through the terrain, we will continue to discuss avalanche safety and terrain management. Overall this skills clinic is going to refine the skills you already have and add to them. Cheyenne and Nina love to share their expertise. They take pride in seeing their students improve and gain confidence in their skills on a snowmobile.

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What concepts is the clinic covering?

Safety: Avalanche Safety(i.e. Equipment, beacon recovery, Snow and Avalanche Reports, Route planning), Morning Safety Briefing, and Afternoon Debrief

Skills/Technique: Rider positioning, throttle and brake control, sidehilling, and counter-steering, body coordination and weight transfer, getting unstuck, etc. 

Terrain: Mapping skills, route planning, reading terrain 

Emergency/Communication: What to carry in your bag and communication equipment 

Equipment: Equipment checks, belt adjustment, and track tension. 

Loading and Unloading sleds on sled decks and in trailers. 

Ride Time: Putting newly learned skills to the test between and after instruction and practice.

 

​​​Pricing
Packages start at $2,250 for shared accommodations, $2,650 for standard private accommodations, and $2,800 for a premium private room. Accommodations feature a room with a private bathroom located inside our main Skyline lodge. Bring a spouse or partner for $1,250. 

 

Travel Information 
It is suggested that participants meet at the Pilot Creek Parking Lot via the Chief Joseph Highway (HWY 296) in the afternoon of Thursday, February 20th. Skyline Guest Ranch will have a sled to tow your gear into the ranch. It is about a 6-mile snowmobile ride from the Pilot Creek parking lot to the ranch. For those needing to arrive in Cooke City, MT from Livingston, MT, you will meet in the winter parking lot at the town Garbage Dump drop-off area. This area is used for free truck and trailer winter overnight parking. If you will be arriving from this direction, please reach out to Jake at Beartooth Rides and Guides to coordinate rides to and from Pilot Creek Parking to Beartooth Parking Area on clinic instruction days.  Exact meeting times and further details on both meeting locations will be sent via email prior to the clinic. 

Non-Clinic Participants
Spouses and partners are welcome to tag along for the adventure! Join us for meals and relaxation at the ranch in the evenings and spend your days riding and learning with professional guides from Beartooth Rides and Guides. Join the whole group for our optional 'Freeride Day' on Sunday, February 23rd. Partner/Spouse rate includes private lodging, all meals, and two days of guiding from Beartooth Rides and Guides. 

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