Breckenridge, Colorado Guided Snowmobile Tours – Intermediate
No experience required – just an adventurous soul!
The tour starts out on our easier trails so you’ll have plenty of time to gain confidence in your skills before you take on the steep climbs and more challenging trails around Prospect Mountain.
Weather permitting, you’ll experience stunning views of the Continental Divide, the three tallest mountains in the Rockies, Leadville’s Historic Mining District, and several “14’ers” (mountains over 14,000 feet tall).
**Transportation currently not available.**
**MUST HAVE A VALID LEARNER’S PERMIT OR DRIVER’S LICENSE TO DRIVE A SNOWMOBILE**
ACTION TOUR LOCATION AND DESCRIPTIONS
Mountain Top Action Tour
TRAIL DESCRIPTION
The Mountain Top Action Snowmobile Tour at the Birdseye Outpost is the great choice if you want to look across the Mountain Tops from an elevation over 12,000 feet above sea level. With many of these trails being above treeline, drifting snow can change the trail very quickly. Your guide will show you how to use your body to balance the snowmobile where the trail is not flat. Most people who love adventure rave about how much fun this tour is; we even have many first time snowmobilers take this tour and have a great time! Previous experience with atvs and dirt bikes really helps.
On a clear day, you can see up to 14 of the tallest mountains in the Rockies including Mt. Elbert the Tallest! Make sure you ask your guide to stop at the Cocoa Hut to enjoy some free hot chocolate and let the kids ride the kiddie snowmobiles if you want to — this often gets skipped unless requested to your guide.
Please know that you control your snowmobile! If you have any concerns, you may stop your snowmobile at any time and your guide will happily come to help you.
DEPARTURE TIMES:
9:00AM • 12:00PM • 3:00PM
LENGTH:
Approximately 2 or 3 Hours
Action Tour
TRAIL DESCRIPTION
The Heeney Outpost Action Snowmobile Tour is a faster paced ride than the Heeney Scenic Tour. Both of these tours take you up the mountain, rewarding you with expansive views that you only get with an elevated overlook. On a clear day, you can see over 40 miles and look over the top of the Continental Divide at Rocky Mountain National Park and north to Rabbit Ears Pass. If it’s really clear, you can see mountains over 70 miles away!
First, you will receive instruction on how to operate the snowmobile at the beginning of the tour. Next, you will head out onto the the trail that takes you up the mountain.
During your tour, your guide will stop you at great places to take pictures and at the Cocoa Cabin so you can warm up, sipping hot chocolate while overlooking the Eagles Nest Wilderness. Also, let your guide know if you want to open up the throttle on the 3/4 mile long track. You can also let your kids ride the kiddie snowmobiles at this stop.
DEPARTURE TIMES:
9:00 AM • 12:00 PM • 3:00 PM
CHRISTMAS SEASON DEPARTURE TIMES:
9:00 AM • 11:00 AM • 1:30 PM • 3:30 PM
LENGTH:
Approximately 2 Hours
GEAR:
• All guests must arrive wearing clothing that is appropriate for this cold weather, outdoor activity!
• DOT-approved helmets WILL be provided (required).
• Equipment Rentals: Snowsuits $25, Boots $15 on a first come first served basis.
• We will have goggles for rent AND gloves for sale on a limited basis at each outpost.
OUR SNOWMOBILES
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Breckenridge, Colorado Snowmobile Tours
BEGINNER/FAMILY TOURS
If you have kids or riders without experience, be sure to check out the Family/Beginner tours.
For these tours, we have snowmobiles available that can carry one or two passengers.
There’s also a ¾ of a mile long oval open space where beginners can sharpen their riding chops, plus we allow kids under 70 pounds to run around on our kiddie snowmobiles.
There’s no age requirement on these machines, so if they can control, they can zoom around to their absolute delight!
Still need more? There’s a 1,050 foot long tubing hill that you can add as an option.
Your guide will tow you up the hill behind their machine and then you and your party can zip back down.
It’s an absolute blast!
ADVANCED TOURS
If you’re the type of person who feels a need for speed, take a look at our Advanced Tours.
These tours focus on the thrill of plowing fresh powder, blasting up hills, and getting that adrenaline rush.
The adventure of a lifetime is just a phone call away…book your tour now with Breckenridge Snowmobile Tours & Rentals!
LEADVILLE MINING DISTRICT
This district was once the most productive silver mining area in the state.
Historically, it produced over 240 million troy ounces of silver, three million troy ounces of gold, 987 million tonnes of lead, 712 million tonnes of zinc, and 48 tonnes of copper.
Along the way, you’ll also experience breathtaking views and photo opportunities of the Sawatch Mountain Range, the Collegiate Peaks (Named after Ivy League Schools).
The three tallest mountains in the Rockies will be visible: Mount Elbert, Mount Massive and Mount Harvard as well as many other peaks that tower over 14,000 feet of elevation.
Interested in ghost towns? The tour will make a stop in Oro City in California Gulch.
This town, settled during the Pike’s Peak gold rush, was the site of one of the richest placer (mining of alluvial deposits) gold strikes in Colorado’s history.
The city reached a peak population of over ten thousand people in July of 1860 and produced an estimated 150,000 troy ounces of gold.
The population dwindled rapidly once the mining rush was over, leaving only about 200 people only thirty years later.
**All or part of this operation is conducted under Special Use Permit issued by the Bureau of Land Management**
Breckenridge Snowmobile Tours & Rentals is a division of High Country Tours.