If you’re looking for a little more luxury than a heated little hut on a wide canyon floor, take Highway 89 out of town and then turn east on Highway 287/26. Brooks Lake Lodge, in the tradition of the Great Western ranch, is a beautiful, craftsman-style lodge on the edge of Wyoming’s famous Wind River Range. (The lodge sits at an elevation of 9,200 feet.) They’ll cook for you and turn down your goose down-duvet while you stomp around in the snow and take your pick of pretty much every wintertime activity the high country has to offer – cross-country skiing, snowshoeing, tobogganing, ice fishing (the chef will prepare your catch) and dogsledding. Just a ways down the road is Yellowstone National Park, with winter snowmobile-only access to most of its roads and trails. (And geysers.) But you don’t have to go into the park to get some of the best snowmobiling in the Rocky Mountains. Close to the lodge, the Continental Divide Snowmobile Trail consistently ranks as one of the top 15 trails in the country, and throughout the winter there’s anywhere from eight to 12 feet of snow on the ground. After a day out in the snow, warm up your toes in the lodge’s outdoor Jacuzzi before dinner. And oh yes – there’s also a full-service spa.
Wind River Lodge, Pinedale
This beautiful hand-peeled log cabin, 5,800 sq ft...
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Apr 01, 2011
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