Book your adventure now! Our adventures are for all skill levels! Ice Pirates Backcountry Snowmobile Adventures offers exciting, scenic tours. Our 55,000 acres of terrain is the best in SW Colorado and arguably in the whole state. We are the exclusive snowmobile tour operator for the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad.
Adventure starts with the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad - Silverton Ice Pirates 4K
Book now! durangotrain.com In Fall, Winter & Early Spring…. Take The Train To Cascade Canyon ….A Stunning Scenic Journey Through Soaring Colorado Rocky Mountain Peaks Above A Clear Running River In The Comfort Of Heated Cabins. On Select October Weekends…Ride The Peanuts The Great Pumpkin Patch Express And Pick The Perfect Pumpkin. Create A New Family Memory, On Select Trains To Cascade Canyon ….You Can Cut Down Your Very Own Christmas Tree. From Late November Until The Beginning Of January Take The Family On A Magical Journey To The North Pole To Pick Up Santa On The Polar Express. And Experience The View From Ten Thousand Feet Blazing Your Own Trails On A Snowmobile Through The San Juan National Forest With Ice Pirates Snow Mobile Tours. In Late Spring And Through The Summer… Take The Train To Silverton And Back To Take In Breathtaking Views Untouched By Time….. Passengers Have A Choice Between Several Classes Of Service, Including Standard Coaches…Open Air Gondolas,….Glass Topped Observation Cars And A Variety Of Parlor Cars Or Create A Whole New Experience By Taking A Combination Of Both Train And Motor Coach To Discover Why It’s Called The Million Dollar Highway.Book your adventure now! Begin your adventure as you depart Durango aboard the 9:45am Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad steam train bound for the wilderness location of the Cascade Canyon Wye. You will arrive at Cascade at 11:45am and have 45 minutes to eat lunch or explore the area along the river. After an hour train ride returning toward Durango, you will detrain at the Rockwood flagstop to meet your shuttle driver. You will be shuttled to the Ice Pirates Snowmobile Tours outpost on Molas Pass where you will be matched with your snowmobile and begin your 2-hour tour with experienced guides. But the fun's not over yet! Arrrgh! Receive your Ice Pirates Booty Bag for snacks and hot cocoa as you wind down and share your stories. You will be shuttled back to Durango to arrive at the D&S Parking Lot around 6:15pm. Plus You Can Make The Train Ride Only Part Of Your Adventure….. Jump Off And Go Soaring Along World Famous Zip Lines At Soaring Tree Top Adventures…. Go Four Wheeling Through The Back Country In A Jeep Or A-T-V Catch A Raft For A Ride Down The Lower Animas With Mountain Waters Rafting… Ride A Horse Through The Wilderness With San Juan Sky Outfitters…. How About Going Right Through A Mountain By Visiting A Historic Silver Mine? On Select Weekends Grab A Pint From A Local Brewery On The Brew Train Or Sip A Select Colorado Wine On Wine & Rails. All Of These Amazing Adventures Start With The Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad And Museum.
My brother and I took 3 months of the 2016 winter season and traveled to all 9 Mountain Collective resorts on the West Coast of the United States and Canada while living out of a truck bed camper. This video is the second episode of the series where we stay in the truck bed camper in the Molas pass above Silverton Colorado and ride our snowmobile as we wait for the next storm system to move in. This was especially interesting because neither of us had ever ridden a snowmobile before. Be sure to check out Episode 3 - Silverton Mountain up next!
Snowmobiling Around Ouray
Snowmobile: Paonia, Co
Colorado's back country.
Drone Footage from Ouray, CO Overlook
Taken with a DJI Mavic Pro
Rotary Snow Plow
A rotary snow plow is a piece of railroad snow fighting equipment. It is characterized by the large circular set of blades on its front end that rotate as a unit to cut through the snow on the track ahead of it. The precursor to the rotary snowplow was the wedge snowplow.