Wyoming Events Calendar & Jackson Hole Events Calendar

• World Championship Snowmobile Hill Climb

  When: From 03/26/2010 to 03/28/2010

  The 2010 Jackson Hole Snowmobile Hill Climb will be held March 26-28, 2010. One of the busiest and most festive weekends in Jackson Hole should not be missed!

  For most folks, even for those with plenty of experience astride a snowmobile, there is challenge and adventure aplenty in northwest Wyoming. Simply touring Yellowstone National Park or tackling a few dozen of the hundreds of miles of the Continental Divide snowmobile trail are memorable challenges for the average snowmobiler.

  But for some even these opportunities appear pedestrian. For some, the World Championship Snowmobile Hill Climb beckons. Not impressed? You say you've climbed some pretty decent hills on your own snowmachine? Well consider this: the "hill" in the world championship hill climb is Snow King Mountain.

  Snow King rises 1,500 vertical feet above the town of Jackson. The hill climb course follows a route that, near the summit, steepens to nearly a 45-degree angle. Hill climbers who lose it on the upper reaches of the course often tumble hundreds of feet back downhill. It is not an event for the meek, as David Shepherd knows. Shepherd is one of the handful of drivers ever to make it to the summit. "It takes a lot of work to win, but guts mainly," Shepherd told a Jackson Hole Guide newspaper reporter once. "Guts and a good sled will take you over the top." Even spectators face challenges. Prime vantage points for viewing the race high on the course are on the same steep slopes that frustrate so many drivers. It is difficult simply to stand upright along some sections of the course.

  For more information, contact the Jackson Hole Snow Devils - mail@snowdevils.org or call 307.734.9653
  
  Contact: http://www.snowdevils.org/

  Location: Snow King Mountain