Well Jon that's not a shabby view. I like that we're looking this way and not behind us by
the way. We want to show you wonderful people out there this view. We are on a trail, a snow machine
trail out to Stanley Lake it's about 14 miles and it's a beautiful backcountry experience. So this is
a mecca for snowmobiling it's a great way to come out here and experience the winter in Stanley and
it's really easy for you to do whether or not you have a snowmobile. Exactly so for instance
i wandered into the shop this morning i had my ski clothes and stuff but when you're sitting on the
snow machine it's uh you're sitting there you're kind of sedentary they had all this insulated
stuff that you can rent along with the sleds and i'm toasty. Excellent and what and what shop was
that that you walked into Chad? What was it? It's called sawtooth tracks not like you'd
have to remember the name of it because it's the only one in town. Right at sawtooth tracks talk to
Todd he set us all up and not only did he set us up he showed us where to go on the map
and then he drove us here to the trailhead so that we didn't get lost and you
could take these snow machines right from Stanley across the street and onto the trail which i think
is pretty cool. We also asked him how long this would take someone and he said for him it would
take him about a half an hour and then for most people if it's your first time on a snow machine
probably three. I think this is a half day ride and this is his most popular ride. So this is
the trip to Stanley Lake is the one if it's your first time on a snowmobile this is the
one you should do. Groomed trail, fun ride so let's get to it. All right let's check it out.
Mount Mcgown take one. Hey you start.
All right i will start. Okay you will start, first off, i'm gonna start because, yes you start.
So Jon the weather has cleared there's these lovely little floaty light flakes in the sky
some blue sky and it's absolutely beautiful. I come here all the time with my daughters
and they've always been here in the summertime but it is a really nice place in winter. I
don't know who's taking care of these trails but they're doing a marvelous job. And it's been fun i
mean and even for somebody who might be a little more advanced or want to have some fun
these machines do have a little zip to them on these trails. So the ride out today we kind of
went up on that plateau above above Stanley with the vista of the Sawtooth Mountains. Yeah and up
top there's a really nice view of Mcgown Peak if it's a really clear day now the one thing to
know about Stanley especially and Idaho in general is just that the weather here can change. And then
once we got in here and we started down the trail out of Stanley Lake here it was just kind of
closed up. The trees were covered with snow the trail was much tighter it was just a lot of fun.
It was a lovely day. It was a lovely day what a great experience you don't have
to be sponsored by red bull to come out and do it anyone could do it. Although i am.
The sun's out and it's warming us up but it's not warming us up enough so i think it's time
that we jump right back here to Mountain Village and hit the hot springs for a soak. For more info
on Stanley check out the Stanley Sawtooth Chamber of Commerce. At stanleycc.org you'll
find more information like trail maps and grooming reports from the entire area. That's stanleycc.org.
So here we are it is an absolutely bluebird day. As you can see behind me the Sawtooth Mountains
reign majestic. There's elk feeding over there. Right behind me is Mountain Village Hot Springs
which if you stay at the hotel it is free with your stay. You still need to make a reservation
and you don't have to stay at the Mountain Village Hotel but you can make reservations at the front
desk to take part of this awesome hot springs which as you can see is this wonderful little
pool that looks out at what we're looking at right now so a beautiful view beautiful soak.
So right down the road from Mountain Village is this public hot springs um hot is a loose term
as it is warm at best. This is what the locals refer to lovingly as the snake
pit but it's a beautiful view. This is open i'm underneath the Sawtooths and
it's not that bad i mean it's less than 32 out here but i'm not freezing in it. As
you can see there's steam rising from it and guess what you'll have it to yourself in the
winter. Although i believe this is probably a more popular venture during the summer.
So this is Sunbeam Hot Springs. This is a free publicly used hot springs right along highway 75
a few miles outside of lower Stanley. It sits right along the edge of the Salmon
River so we're gonna jump in there. They have changing rooms up there
or you could be like chad who decided to wear his clothes into the hot springs.
All right so Jon how was your experience up with the the box up there. The box was way too hot
it was way too hot i couldn't get in there but the pool right down there once you get next to
the river that cold river water mixing with that really hot water makes a perfect temperature here
at Sunbeam Hot Springs so i really dug that. You know there's a bald eagle we were watching
from the hot springs the hot springs there's some pools that are super hot, not so hot, so definitely
ease in. I would highly recommend footwear flip-flops chacos whatever it is because
one of the pools i got into was great to sit in but walking into it those rocks were super hot
and once again you know this hot springs is right on the side of the highway but when you're sitting
in the hot springs you're right next to this river that's flowing by with little ice flows
and all kinds of cool stuff on it and you can't hear the road at all. Yeah this is the Salmon River
man this is the world famous Salmon River people come from everywhere to sit in the mighty salmon
to raft down this river and you yourself can just sit in the hot springs next to it like how cool
is that. And it's free people. And it's free here. So i don't have any more winter gear to wear
i think... So you think we should get out of here before you freeze to death?
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