Jan 26, 2016
Just deciding where to ski today my mind
can’t help but wonder will we meet up with an entire herd of buffalo on the
trails? What does a girl do if a buffalo
decides to chase her????
We stopped by the ski shop to ask some
questions about the different trails and to pick up some maps. We decided to ski around one of the mountains
via the Bunsen trail which one of the shop guys had recommended as it has many
great views.
You first had to make your way down a
closed road for 3-4 km and then everything opened up just before the Bunsen trail
head to an area called the Golden Gate – the views were incredible and we were
treated to a spectacular blue sky and plenty of sunshine. The snow conditions were quite good. There were some pretty big downhills with
some downright scary 500 foot cliffs that we were warned about speed and skiing
in control. I still find it completely
mind boggling that there is no fence or something to stop a person from going
over – I mean it is straight down. It
actually makes my palms sweat just to think about it.
We finished the day by doing a short
recommended loop around the Terrace Hot Springs – we saw some more buffalo
which were not in the mood to have their photos taken and quickly turned their
backsides towards us. They didn’t
respond to Bill’s whistles or hand clapping – thank god – OMG – really Bill??
We did a little shopping at the Mammoth
General Store and found a payphone that we were able to call home and check in
with Steph as our cell phone is not going to have great coverage while we are
in Montana. Email is good if anyone
needs to contact us.
The Mammoth Hot Springs Hotel is quite
grand and has lots of history. They have
2 incredible formal rooms with large leather chairs and they always have a
beautiful fire burning and a great piano player entertaining in the evening. There are lots of Yellowstone books, maps,
puzzles and games out for people to use.
They have a large white board where you are supposed to log all of your animal sightings for the day and the area they were spotted in. I saw Bill eyeing up the board and I thought I better keep an eye on him because I could tell he was up to no good and sure enough when no one was looking he wrote on the board BIGFOOT.
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