ChelSea

Review of Canadian Snowmobile Adventures

We did the snowmobile and fondue dinner for our so...

We did the snowmobile and fondue dinner for our solstice celebration this year. We were the first run of the season. They are great at gearing you up with everything you need. You can pretty much show up if you wanted to and not need to worry about anything. I am not much of a snow person but my partner and step son love it. I did not take a balaclava because I found it quite warm, was that a bad idea or what. Even if you don't think you will need a piece of gear I would suggest packing it with you just in case because half way up I was freezing my face off and couldn't do anything about it. You start in the dark and get a quick intro into all the controls and off you go. Along the way you stop at checkpoints to try out skills. Going up was a breeze and fun. Once at the top you get a fondue dinner. Much to our suprise they even had live music.For dinner they provide bread, chicken and steak, and veggies along with a cheese and broth fondue for dipping. The veggies were pre cooked but we're still pretty hard so they had to be in a pot for quite some time to soften them up a bit. If you rode a snowmobile up no alcohol for you. Instead they have pop, juice, or hot chocolate. Immediately when the fondue is finished they put a cold piece of blueberry pie Infront of you and then tell you to hurry and get geared up to head down once your finished your pie. I would have thought since we paid such a heafty price for this excursion that we would have at least got to have a nice leisurely meal with a selection of warm pie with ice-cream and a warm drink that I actually got to finish. Instead of being rushed out the door before I have even started my dessert. The way down was made to sound like a breeze after going up and learning our new skills. I have to say that it was one of the most terrifying experiences of my life. There was not much snow so things were bumpy. I am 5'5", 120 pounds female. The snowmobile has no power steering it is all arm force. Every time the skis hit a bump the skis would jerk to the right, the direction of plummeting off the mountain. It took all my strength to redirect the skis so the snowmobile and I didn't go over the edge. I was mortified and wanted to give up and get off the whole way down but I wasn't sure if that was an option so I just beared all the while thinking this was the way I was going to die. If I had been able to join another rider on the back of their snowmobile I am sure I would have been much more comfortable on the way down, but as my step son was too young to drive per their regulations I was stuck on my own.