11-14-2005, 06:36 PM
About 10 or 12 years ago I watched a guy wreck on a three wheeler up there.
He'd had a few barley pops. He was riding his buddy's high performance trike, and obviously shouldn't have been. He watched his buddy do some high speed maneuvers and thought he could do the same. He hit a pressure ridge that was about three and a half feet tall at maybe 25 mph. Brakes locked, and skidding out of control. He went ass over tea cups and the trike went with him. He suffered a concussion and had one ear almost completely avulsed (ripped off). He tried to tell everybody around that he was "fine". Then his buddy yelled at him something to the effect "The heck you are, your ear's been ripped clear the f___ off". Not the best thing to tell someone who is about to go into shock.
I've never heard that ATVs were illegal, but sometimes they're tough to use in deep snow up there. One year I read the DWR report that said not to bring wheeled vehicles only snowmobiles. I went two days later expecting deep snow, but found absolutely no snow around the lake. I had to carry my gear in the sled about 20 yards rather than try to drag it through the sagebrush. I guess it was Wyoming snow. You know the kind that never melts, just wears out from blowing all over the state. ( I've heard they only get about 2 inches up there for the whole year. It just piles up in one spot for a couple of days and then blows someplace else only to pile up there. )
Bring on the ice.
Fishrmn
He'd had a few barley pops. He was riding his buddy's high performance trike, and obviously shouldn't have been. He watched his buddy do some high speed maneuvers and thought he could do the same. He hit a pressure ridge that was about three and a half feet tall at maybe 25 mph. Brakes locked, and skidding out of control. He went ass over tea cups and the trike went with him. He suffered a concussion and had one ear almost completely avulsed (ripped off). He tried to tell everybody around that he was "fine". Then his buddy yelled at him something to the effect "The heck you are, your ear's been ripped clear the f___ off". Not the best thing to tell someone who is about to go into shock.
I've never heard that ATVs were illegal, but sometimes they're tough to use in deep snow up there. One year I read the DWR report that said not to bring wheeled vehicles only snowmobiles. I went two days later expecting deep snow, but found absolutely no snow around the lake. I had to carry my gear in the sled about 20 yards rather than try to drag it through the sagebrush. I guess it was Wyoming snow. You know the kind that never melts, just wears out from blowing all over the state. ( I've heard they only get about 2 inches up there for the whole year. It just piles up in one spot for a couple of days and then blows someplace else only to pile up there. )
Bring on the ice.
Fishrmn