At KBOI 2 Adventure Starts with Weather and this Idaho Adventure is all dependent on winter snowfall.
The Hap & Florence Points Sleigh Rides carry on a 30-year tradition of connecting with Idaho’s wildlife on a horse-drawn sleigh in Donnelly.
Feeding elk on the winter range and allowing adventurers the chance to ride along.
"It's certainly a unique way for people to interact with a team of horses and sleigh, things that aren't as common anymore," said Scott Points, Hap & Florence Points Sleigh Rides.
Over one hundred elk usually winter on the ranch each year, and being a fifth-generation rancher, Scott has a real passion for wildlife.
“That’s probably the single biggest thing is the love and the connecting with people that come out and families, and connecting with the elk," says Points.
Seated on bales of hay, elk will eat the seat right out from under you.
"They're coming up to the hay bales and they're, actually, you almost feel like they're nibbling at your bottom, so that was a unique experience, to say the least," said Barbara Gannon, Virginia Beach, VA.
"As long as people are on the sleigh, they're completely different towards people vs if people were on the ground," said Points.
Our group went out on a blustery day when the wind chill was down in the single digits but still had a great time.
"It was well worth it, I would do it again, even though it's freezing cold," said Gannon.
No matter what the weather is like, work on the ranch goes on.
"We come out to feed the elk every day and then we just take people with us as we get calls," said Points.
The herd usually sticks around through the end of March, or until the weather starts to change.
For more information on the horse-drawn sleigh rides, you can visit their website here.
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