new places to ride in the Snowys

Have you used this map? http://wyotrails.state.wy.us/pdf/SnowiesGeoPDF2016_Small.pdf
It's off the Wyoming State Trails website: http://wyotrails.state.wy.us/Maps/SnowmobileMaps.aspx

If you download the Avenza PDF Maps app on your phone, you can put the above map on there, and use your phone as a GPS with that map. It's a slick setup. I recommend downloading the other free topo maps too (found on the Avenza app), because they have finer resolution of the topography (they don't have the trails though). You do not need service to use this app, just satellite location. On Android phones you can set to airplane mode but turn on location and the app works great. Iphones are model dependent on this ability.

I won't give anything away but using a topo map in conjunction with a satellite image can help you find new spots. Google earth is a powerful tool for the satellite imagery. Being able to spot a drainage on a map, then navigating yourself there can be fun (or a meadow/park, whatever terrain feature you're trying to find).

I hear you on wanting to get out of the comfort zones. I'm fortunate to have a crew that always wants to explore. We stare at maps at home, then go check that zone out next ride when we have time. Weekday rides we tend to hit a known spot so we can get back to work in a timely manner.

The spot in French Creek you're talking about is known as Seven Fools. Yes that is a bad hill. Wind loads readily and it's the near perfect slope angle of 38 degrees for holding dangerous slabs right up until your buddy high marks it. It has claimed one life that I know of.

Having a good idea of your whereabouts is real important for exploring, that way goinboardin and the rest of the SAR crew doesn't have to come find you. I feel like in the snowies as long as you are above about 10,000 ft the trees are spaced well enough to be ridable, versus down by Albany where the trees are super tight, and crappier snow usually. Then the rest depends on what kind of terrain you enjoy the most, as he mentioned. Finding new places to explore is all part of the fun!

We have only been there one time. We stayed in Ryan Park, and we liked the option of having access to the Snowies and the Sierra Madres. $.02

There is lots of good riding around the nelson warming hut just have to explore

Ive ridden the snowies about 150 days in the last 12 years and can still find new areas every time. You just need to go explore and ride where everyone else is NOT. Just be careful about dropping into drainages that you dont know how to get out of. You can go explore without getting extreme too. Just be OK with the fact that not every route you try and take is gonna be great, or even work out at all. Sometimes you might go for a mile or 2 or 3 and end up following your track back out. Take a GPS, leave it on and let it track your route. Pick a direction and just go ride! Figure out where your at at lunch time One thing about the snowies.... Your never that far away from a trail that will take ya back to the truck.

Dont rule out unloading at Albany and go exploring too. Lots of fire roads down that way to go down and turn off of, hidden lakes and meadows to carve in. Lots of good riding off T trail too and it always tends to get deeper around the warming hut on T. Eric

I agree with Eric

SRXSRULE said:

Ive ridden the snowies about 150 days in the last 12 years and can still find new areas every time. You just need to go explore and ride where everyone else is NOT. Just be careful about dropping into drainages that you dont know how to get out of. You can go explore without getting extreme too. Just be OK with the fact that not every route you try and take is gonna be great, or even work out at all. Sometimes you might go for a mile or 2 or 3 and end up following your track back out. Take a GPS, leave it on and let it track your route. Pick a direction and just go ride! Figure out where your at at lunch time One thing about the snowies.... Your never that far away from a trail that will take ya back to the truck.

Dont rule out unloading at Albany and go exploring too. Lots of fire roads down that way to go down and turn off of, hidden lakes and meadows to carve in. Lots of good riding off T trail too and it always tends to get deeper around the warming hut on T. Eric

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Since I started riding a timbersleds I have found all kinds of new places, and real close to the truck too!