Snowmobiling The Continental Divide Trail, 6: Last Days

We were tired after our Green River Lakes ride, and nasty weather was threatening, so Saturday morning we came down off the pass to spend a couple days in Dubois--one whole day at the very nice and welcoming public library--avoiding the worst of the weather. It snowed an inch or two in Dubois, and Sunday and Monday mornings registered -7 and -11 respectively. Cold, yes, but our camper seemed to do just fine...as long as the propane held out. Monday the highs and lows returned to more comfortable levels, and we drove back up to the parking lot just beyond Brooks Lake and did a couple more days of good snowmobiling...trails CD, T, E, F, A, B, TH, PB, and so on. Despite the recent cold and a few inches of snow, even the Continental Divide trails seems to be melting down, especially some of the access points. Tuesday afternoon we drove back through Jackson to Alpine, where there was less snow but still plenty of snowmobiling, and spent the night. Wednesday we resolved to drive on back into Idaho, to try something we had missed earlier, the Mesa Falls trails out of Ashton. And then back to West Yellowstone and Montana.

Most of Monday's sledding was quite varied if unspectacular, and
I thought I'd take just this one photo to remember the great trails

But then we hit this beautiful white forest

Which went on a ways

And then we came to the Continental Divide Overlook, and its
viewof the Tetons

Thus

And then, a few miles further south on F, another great view
of Squaretop, in the Winds

And more views of the Absarokas as we returned home

And then, next day, riding atop a plateau at 10,000 feet or
more, a panorama that included the Winds

The Gros Ventres

And the Grand and the Middle Teton just sticking out above the
ridge (for some reason I didn't shoot the Absarokas, but then
we've seen enough of them)--anyway, all four of the great ranges 
that enclose this area...

And then, a few more miles up the trail, even better views of
the Tetons than the day before

Thus...the Middle Teton, the Grand, Gunsight Notch, Mt. Owen,
and Teewinot...a fitting end for our rides on the Continental
Divide