Maiden Voyage!

Today marks the first ride on the Assault. We hauled the Assault and Derek's '03 700 RMK 151" up Casper Mountain for a quick break in ride. Of course riding on Casper Mountain isn't exactly our cup of tea, but it's the best option we have for today. The temp was about -6 in town, but once we got up top it was actually warmer, about +12. We fired the sleds up, got geared up and took off across Bear Trap Meadow towards the Muddy Mountain trail. It was a pretty disappointing ride. Running over rocks in the trail is never fun, not to mention the lack of snow off the trail to cool off the sleds. We turned around and headed back to Bear Trap Meadow after about 20 minutes. We really opened her up a few times and the difference was unbelievable. The 700 did pretty well, but the Assault just walked away. The power that sled has is almost scary. We basically took turns burning up the meadow, dipping off into what little amounts of powder there was to cool it down. The novelty wore off pretty quickly so we loaded up and headed down the hill. We're going to be heading somewhere this weekend where there is a little more snow so hopefully we can get some more riding time in. Our enclosed trailer is supposed to be here this week so we're keeping our fingers crossed!! Can't wait for the weekend! Here are a few pictures from today....